example: add Docker Compose example #178
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This commit adds a new Docker Compose example for users to quickly test running Alloy either in a Docker container or locally, sending data to databases in a Docker container.
By default, the following are deployed:
Visualization
Databases
Grafana Alloy can also be deployed by passing the
--profile=alloy
command to Docker Compose when starting and stopping:Alternatively, Alloy can be run locally using the config file in example/config/alloy/config.alloy.
The default Alloy configuration used in the Docker Compose environment configures Alloy to self-collect metrics, logs, traces, and profiles, and send them to the backend databases.