Setup guide for Grafana Alloy on Windows hosts
1Download Grafana Alloy
Download the latest Windows installer from:
https://github.com/grafana/alloy/releases/latest
Choose: alloy-installer-windows-amd64.exe
2Install Alloy
Run the installer with default settings. It installs to:
C:\Program Files\GrafanaLabs\Alloy\
3Create token file
Save your JWT token to the Alloy directory:
C:\Program Files\GrafanaLabs\Alloy\alloy.token
4Create config file
Save this as C:\Program Files\GrafanaLabs\Alloy\config.alloy:
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5Start the service
Restart-Service alloy
Check status:
Get-Service alloy
Open the Alloy UI: http://localhost:12345
Check logs:
Get-Content "C:\Program Files\GrafanaLabs\Alloy\alloy.log" -Tail 50