Loki Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Loki hosting and run self-hosted log aggregation on your own domain, to push logs from your agents and query them with LogQL, usually through Grafana. xCloud runs the pinned Grafana Loki 3.7.8 image behind a generated Basic Auth gateway, because Loki has no login of its own, mounts a persistent volume and publishes the API over HTTPS. Loki has no web interface, and logs older than 31 days are deleted by default.

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What is Loki?

Self-hosted Loki is Grafana's log aggregation system, described in its README as like Prometheus, but for logs. It is designed to be very cost effective and easy to operate: it does not index the contents of logs, only a set of labels for each log stream, which, per the README, makes it simpler to operate and cheaper to run. A typical stack pairs it with Alloy to gather logs and Grafana to query them, and it stands in for hosted log services, under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

On xCloud the template runs grafana/loki 3.7.8 behind an nginx Basic Auth gateway, both pinned by immutable digest, with a loki_data volume. HTTPS is published on your domain. Loki has no web interface and no built-in authentication, logs older than 31 days are deleted by default, and one push request is limited to 4 MiB compressed.

From Sign-Up to a Live Loki Install In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a log store normally means Loki, a login gateway in front of every endpoint, a domain and HTTPS before a single log line can be pushed. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick Loki from the OneClick catalog, and choose a domain. xCloud generates the gateway credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up Loki 3.7.8 behind an nginx Basic Auth gateway with 31-day retention configured, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Point Your Shippers At It
Save the gateway username and password, open the HTTPS /ready URL to confirm it says "ready", then point Grafana Alloy, Promtail or a Grafana data source at the push endpoint with the same credentials.

Grafana Loki Hosting: Everything Loki Does, On Your Own Server

Loki's push endpoint and LogQL query API run here behind a Basic Auth gateway, on infrastructure you control.

Collect Logs From Any Loki Client
Collect logs from Grafana Alloy, Promtail or any Loki client through the push endpoint.
Query With LogQL Or Grafana
Query logs with LogQL through the HTTP API, or add the domain as a Loki data source in Grafana.
Basic Auth In Front Of Everything
Loki has no built-in authentication, so a generated Basic Auth gateway protects the whole domain, including administrative endpoints.
31-Day Retention, Adjustable
Logs older than 31 days are deleted automatically by default; change LOKI_RETENTION_PERIOD and redeploy to keep them longer or shorter.
Label-Indexed, Not Full-Text
Per the Loki README, only a set of labels per log stream is indexed, not the log contents, which keeps it simpler and cheaper to run.
Stored Logs Survive A Restart
Stored logs and the index live in the loki_data volume and survive an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Log Aggregation 24/7

Managed hosting for Loki, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Loki 3.7.8 deployed instantly
Generated Basic Auth gateway
31-day log retention by default
LogQL queries through the HTTP API
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Loki

Collect logs from your servers
Point Grafana Alloy or another log shipper at the push endpoint with the generated credentials, and store the logs in your own volume.
Query logs with LogQL
Read logs back through the HTTP API, or add your Loki as a data source in Grafana and explore them there.
Keep Kubernetes and service logs together
Group log streams by the same labels you use with Prometheus, so you can move between metrics and logs.
Control how long logs are kept
Change the retention period in the environment settings if 31 days is too long or too short for your disk.

Loki vs Alternatives

Datadog Logs: Datadog Logs is a hosted log service. As a loki alternative to datadog logs, Loki stores log lines on your own Cloud VPS and indexes only labels, so you operate the storage and the retention yourself.
Splunk: Splunk is a commercial platform for searching machine data. As a loki alternative to splunk, Loki is AGPL-3.0 licensed and aimed at label-based log queries rather than full-text indexing.
Elasticsearch: Elasticsearch is a search engine with its own xCloud template. In a loki vs elasticsearch choice, Loki's README says it indexes only a set of labels for each log stream, not the log contents.
Graylog: Graylog is a log management platform with its own xCloud template and a web interface of its own. Loki has no UI and is queried with LogQL, usually from Grafana.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Loki hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Loki alongside Grafana and more log volume.

$59.99per month

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Loki alongside a whole self-hosted monitoring stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Loki itself is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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Self-managed hosting

Ready To Own Your Log Pipeline?

Loki on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

How much RAM does Loki need?

The manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 5 GB of disk as a floor, and QA measured about 70 MiB idle. The 6 GB size on this page leaves comfortable headroom, and log volume and retention drive how fast the disk fills.

Is Loki open source?

Yes. Grafana Loki is AGPL-3.0 licensed, per the LICENSE file at the v3.7.8 tag, so the software costs nothing to license; xCloud bills only the dedicated Cloud VPS, and your logs stay on your own volume rather than with a hosted vendor.

How do I self-host Loki with Docker?

On xCloud this is Loki Docker hosting prepared for you: the template runs grafana/loki 3.7.8 behind an nginx Basic Auth gateway, both pinned by immutable digest, with a data volume and HTTPS, so you get Loki cloud hosting on your own VPS.

Is Loki the same as Grafana?

No. Loki stores logs and answers queries, while Grafana is the dashboard and query interface that reads from it. Loki has no web interface of its own, so you usually add your Loki as a data source in Grafana, which has its own xCloud page.

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Does Loki have a web interface?

No. You send logs to its HTTP API and read them with LogQL, usually through Grafana. Opening the domain in a browser shows only the Basic Auth prompt and then the API, so plan on Grafana or another client to search and view logs.

Does Loki have built-in authentication?

No. Loki has no built-in authentication at all, so the template's nginx gateway protects the whole domain, including administrative endpoints, with Basic Auth. Every log shipper and Grafana data source must send those credentials, so keep GATEWAY_PASSWORD stable.

How long does Loki keep logs?

31 days by default, set by LOKI_RETENTION_PERIOD at 744 hours. Logs older than that are deleted automatically from the volume. Change the value in the environment editor and use Save and Redeploy to keep logs longer or shorter, and size the disk to match.

Is there a limit on how much I can push to Loki at once?

Yes. A single push request is limited to 4 MiB compressed by default, so configure your log shipper to send in smaller batches if requests are rejected. Check the shipper's own batch settings before assuming the server is at fault.

How do I back up Loki?

Back up the loki_data volume, which holds chunks, the index, the write-ahead log and compactor state, plus the stable environment values including the gateway password. Copy it off the server and test a restore, remembering retention will still delete old logs.

How do I update Loki?

Nothing upgrades it for you: the install stays on pinned release 3.7.8 until you adopt a newer template version. Back up loki_data first, read the upstream release notes, then check that shippers still push and a query still returns recent logs.

Who owns the data on a hosted Loki instance?

You do. The logs sit in a volume on your own Cloud VPS, and nobody else holds them. Because the whole domain is behind Basic Auth, treat the gateway credentials as the key to every log you have stored.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.