It is possible to configure Grafana datasources using config files with Grafana’s provisioning system. You can read more about how it works in the [Grafana documentation](http://docs.grafana.org/administration/provisioning/#datasources).
Here is a simple example of the provisioning yaml config for the Grafana Loki datasource:
```yaml
apiVersion:1
datasources:
-name:Loki
type:loki
access:proxy
url:http://localhost:3100
editable:false
```
Example with basic auth:
```yaml
apiVersion:1
datasources:
-name:Loki
type:loki
access:proxy
url:http://localhost:3100
editable:false
basicAuth:true
basicAuthUser:my_user
basicAuthPassword:test_password
```
Make sure to adjust the url and authentication to your needs, the `url` should be:
-`http://localhost:3100` when run Loki locally or with docker
-`http://loki:3100` when run Loki with docker-compose, or with helm in kubernetes
`basicAuthUser` and `basicAuthPassword` should same as your Grafana setting.
To query and display your logs you need to configure your Loki to be a datasource in your Grafana.
To configure the datasource via provisioning see [Configuring Grafana via Provisioning](grafana-provisioning.md).
To configure the datasource via provisioning see [Configuring Grafana via Provisioning](http://docs.grafana.org/features/datasources/loki/#configure-the-datasource-with-provisioning).
_Note_: Querying your logs without Grafana is possible by using [logcli](./logcli.md).
