docker compose to run grafana + loki.

grafana-loki-docker-compose.yaml

version: "3"
networks:
  loki:

services:
  loki:
    image: grafana/loki:2.0.0
    ports:
      - "3100:3100"
    command: -config.file=/etc/loki/local-config.yaml
    networks:
      - loki

  promtail:
    image: grafana/promtail:2.0.0
    volumes:
      - /var/log:/var/log
      - $GRAFANA_HOME/config:/etc/promtail
    command: -config.file=/etc/promtail/config.yml
    networks:
      - loki

  grafana:
    image: grafana/grafana:latest
    ports:
      - "3008:3000"
    networks:
      - loki

promtail-config.yml

server:
  http_listen_port: 9080
  grpc_listen_port: 0

positions:
  filename: /tmp/positions.yaml

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

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

you should set $GRAFANA_HOME variable to a directory that contains the config file of promtail. ($GRAFANA_HOME/config/config.yml)