journal hostname label

templates/config.alloy.erb

@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 <% if @ay_manage_loki == true -%>
 
+// Receive syslog messages
+loki.source.syslog "syslog" {
+  listener {
+    address = "0.0.0.0:514"  // Adjust to your required listening port
+  }
+  forward_to = [loki.process.extract_hostname.receiver]
+}
+
+// Process logs and extract hostname
+loki.process "extract_hostname" {
+  stage.logfmt {
+    mapping = {
+      "hostname" = "syslog_hostname"  // Extracts the hostname from syslog
+    }
+  }
+  stage.labels {
+    values = {
+      "hostname" = "hostname"  // Assigns extracted hostname to the label
+    }
+  }
+  forward_to = [loki.write.loki.receiver]
+}
+
+
 // Define file discovery for your logs
 local.file_match "system_logs" {
   path_targets = [
@@ -20,11 +44,6 @@ loki.source.file "system_logs" {
 loki.relabel "add_labels" {
   forward_to = [loki.write.loki.receiver]
 
-  rule {
-    action        = "replace"
-    source_labels = ["__journal__hostname"]
-    target_label  = "hostname"
-  }
   rule {
     action       = "replace"
     target_label = "job"