# Installing Loki with Docker or Docker Compose

You can install Loki with Docker or Docker Compose for evaluating, testing, or developing Loki.
For production, we recommend Tanka or Helm.

## Prerequisites

- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/install)
- [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install) (optional, only needed for the Docker Compose install method)

## Install with Docker

**Linux**

Copy and paste the commands below into your command line.

```bash
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/loki/v1.5.0/cmd/loki/loki-local-config.yaml -O loki-config.yaml
docker run -v $(pwd):/mnt/config -p 3100:3100 grafana/loki:1.5.0 -config.file=/mnt/config/loki-config.yaml
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/loki/v1.5.0/cmd/promtail/promtail-docker-config.yaml -O promtail-config.yaml
docker run -v $(pwd):/mnt/config -v /var/log:/var/log grafana/promtail:1.5.0 -config.file=/mnt/config/promtail-config.yaml
```

When finished, `loki-config.yaml` and `promtail-config.yaml` are downloaded in the directory you chose. Docker containers are running Loki and Promtail using those config files.

Navigate to http://localhost:3100/metrics to view the metrics and http://localhost:3100/ready for readiness.

As of v1.5.0, image is configured to run by default as user loki with  UID `10001` and GID `10001`. You can use a different user, specially if you are using bind mounts, by specifying uid with docker run command
by specifying `--user=UID` with numeric UID suited to your needs.

**Windows**

Copy and paste the commands below into your terminal. Note that you will need to replace the `<placeholders>` in the commands with your local path.

```bash
cd "<local-path>"
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/loki/v1.5.0/cmd/loki/loki-local-config.yaml -O loki-config.yaml
docker run -v <local-path>:/mnt/config -p 3100:3100 grafana/loki:1.5.0 --config.file=/mnt/config/loki-config.yaml
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/loki/v1.5.0/cmd/promtail/promtail-docker-config.yaml -O promtail-config.yaml
docker run -v <local-path>:/mnt/config -v /var/log:/var/log grafana/promtail:1.5.0 --config.file=/mnt/config/promtail-config.yaml
```

When finished, `loki-config.yaml` and `promtail-config.yaml` are downloaded in the directory you chose. Docker containers are running Loki and Promtail using those config files.

Navigate to http://localhost:3100/metrics to view the output.

## Install with Docker Compose

```bash
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/loki/v1.5.0/production/docker-compose.yaml -O docker-compose.yaml
$ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yaml up
```