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Expand Up @@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ The following list is specific to the convert command and not {{< param "PRODUCT
Make sure that you use the new metric names, for example, in your alerts and dashboards queries.
* The logs produced by {{< param "PRODUCT_NAME" >}} differ from those produced by Promtail.
* {{< param "PRODUCT_NAME" >}} exposes the {{< param "PRODUCT_NAME" >}} [UI][], which differs from the Promtail Web UI.
* If you are converting a Promtail configuration for a Kubernetes daemonset, [modify the generated configuration][single-node-discovery] to ensure `discovery.kubernetes` only discovers Pods residing on the same node as the {{< param "PRODUCT_NAME" >}} Pod.

[Promtail]: https://www.grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/clients/promtail/
[debugging]: #debugging
Expand All @@ -192,3 +193,4 @@ The following list is specific to the convert command and not {{< param "PRODUCT
[DebuggingUI]: ../../../troubleshoot/debug/
[configuration]: ../../../get-started/configuration-syntax/
[UI]: ../../../troubleshoot/debug/#alloy-ui
[single-node-discovery]: ../../../reference/components/discovery/discovery.kubernetes/#limit-to-only-pods-on-the-same-node