diff --git a/promtail-agent/docker-compose.yml b/promtail-agent/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "3.8"
+
+services:
+  promtail:
+    image: grafana/promtail:latest
+    container_name: promtail
+    logging:
+      driver: journald
+      options:
+        mode: non-blocking
+    environment:
+      - TZ=America/Chicago
+    volumes:
+      - /opt/logs:/opt/logs:ro # docker
+      - /var/log:/var/log:ro  # varlogs
+      - ./promtail:/etc/promtail
+      - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id:ro # journald logging
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: -config.file=/etc/promtail/promtail-config.yml 
diff --git a/promtail-agent/promtail/promtail-config.yml b/promtail-agent/promtail/promtail-config.yml
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+server:
+   http_listen_port: 9080
+   grpc_listen_port: 0
+
+positions:
+  filename: /tmp/positions.yaml
+
+clients:
+  - url: http://192.168.60.8:3100/loki/api/v1/push
+
+# local machine logs
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: system
+    pipeline_stages:
+  - job_name: journal
+    journal:
+      max_age: 12h
+      labels:
+        job: systemd-journal
+    relabel_configs:
+      - source_labels: ["__journal__systemd_unit"]
+        target_label: "unit"
+      - source_labels: ["__journal_container_name"]
+        target_label: "container"
+    static_configs:
+      - targets:
+         - localhost
+        labels:
+          job: varlogs
+          __path__: /var/log/**/**log
+      - targets:
+          - localhost
+        labels:
+          job: containers
+          __path__: /opt/logs/**/*log # internal container logs
+
+