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docs: Update Promtail installation (backport release-3.1.x) (#14476)
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Co-authored-by: J Stickler <[email protected]>
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loki-gh-app[bot] and JStickler authored Oct 11, 2024
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docker run -v <local-path>:/mnt/config -v /var/log:/var/log --link loki grafana/promtail:3.0.0 --config.file=/mnt/config/promtail-config.yaml
```

## Install on MacOS with Homebrew

1. If necessary, install [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/).

```bash
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
```

1. Update Homebrew.

```bash
brew update
```

1. Navigate to the [homebrew page for Promtail](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/promtail).
1. To install Promtail, run the following command:

```bash
brew install promtail
```

1. Check that installation was successful.
1. Check that promtail exists in its install directory.

```bash
which promtail
```

1. Run promtail

```bash
promtail
```

## Install using Helm

1. Make sure that Helm is installed. See [Installing Helm](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/).
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