~/brew/etc/promtail-local-config.yaml

server:
  http_listen_port: 9080
  grpc_listen_port: 0

positions:
  filename: /tmp/positions.yaml

clients:
  - url: http://localhost:3100/loki/api/v1/push

scrape_configs:
- job_name: system
  static_configs:
  - targets:
      - localhost
    labels:
      job: varlogs
      __path__: /var/log/*log

promtail -check-syntax

See also

• Promtail, /etc/promtail/config.yml, promtail [ -check-syntax, | -version | -help ]