Self-hosted log aggregation for a small homelab?
I'm trying to set up centralized log collection for my homelab, currently running about 8 machines across a mix of Proxmox VMs and bare metal. I've looked at hosted solutions like Datadog and Logtail, but I want something I control entirely, ideally without phoning home or requiring a cloud account. How I imagine it to be: open-source, lightweight enough to run on a small NUC, supports structured logs (JSON), and has a decent query UI. Grafana Loki keeps coming up, is it actually usable at this scale, or is it overkill? If you've moved away from ELK because of resource usage, I'd like to know more. All suggestions are welcome
u/WarAndPeace06 — 7 days ago