diff --git a/ansible/plays/setup-gitea-runner-logging.yml b/ansible/plays/setup-gitea-runner-logging.yml
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+---
+# Setup log collection for Gitea runners
+# Deploys Promtail to collect act_runner logs and ship to Loki
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ansible-playbook -i inventory/ plays/setup-gitea-runner-logging.yml
+
+- name: Setup Gitea Runner Log Collection
+  hosts: proxmox_gitea_runner
+  become: yes
+  vars:
+    promtail_loki_url: "http://loki.srv.renner.uno:3100/loki/api/v1/push"
+    promtail_scrape_configs:
+      # Collect act_runner service logs via journald
+      - job_name: act_runner
+        journal:
+          max_age: 12h
+          matches: _SYSTEMD_UNIT=act_runner.service
+        relabel_configs:
+          - source_labels: ['__journal__systemd_unit']
+            target_label: unit
+          - source_labels: ['__journal__hostname']
+            target_label: host
+
+      # Collect system logs
+      - job_name: syslog
+        static_configs:
+          - targets:
+              - localhost
+            labels:
+              job: syslog
+              host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+              service: gitea-runner
+              __path__: /var/log/syslog
+
+      # Collect Docker daemon logs (runners use Docker)
+      - job_name: docker
+        journal:
+          max_age: 12h
+          matches: _SYSTEMD_UNIT=docker.service
+        relabel_configs:
+          - source_labels: ['__journal__systemd_unit']
+            target_label: unit
+          - source_labels: ['__journal__hostname']
+            target_label: host
+
+  roles:
+    - promtail
+
+  post_tasks:
+    - name: Verify promtail is running
+      systemd:
+        name: promtail
+        state: started
+      register: promtail_status
+
+    - name: Display promtail status
+      debug:
+        msg: "Promtail is {{ 'running' if promtail_status.status.ActiveState == 'active' else 'not running' }} on {{ inventory_hostname }}"
+
+    - name: Test Loki connectivity
+      uri:
+        url: "http://loki.srv.renner.uno:3100/ready"
+        method: GET
+        status_code: 200
+        timeout: 10
+      register: loki_health
+      ignore_errors: yes
+
+    - name: Display Loki connectivity status
+      debug:
+        msg: "Loki server is {{ 'reachable' if loki_health.status == 200 else 'NOT reachable - check network' }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/promtail/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/promtail/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+# Promtail Configuration
+
+# Version and download
+promtail_version: "3.4.2"
+promtail_arch: "linux-amd64"
+promtail_download_url: "https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/download/v{{ promtail_version }}/promtail-{{ promtail_arch }}.zip"
+promtail_bin_path: "/usr/local/bin/promtail"
+
+# Directories
+promtail_config_dir: "/etc/promtail"
+promtail_config_file: "{{ promtail_config_dir }}/promtail-config.yaml"
+promtail_positions_file: "/var/lib/promtail/positions.yaml"
+
+# Server configuration
+promtail_http_listen_port: 9080
+promtail_http_listen_address: "0.0.0.0"
+
+# Loki server
+promtail_loki_url: "http://loki.srv.renner.uno:3100/loki/api/v1/push"
+
+# Log scrape configurations
+# Override in playbook or host_vars for specific services
+promtail_scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: system
+    static_configs:
+      - targets:
+          - localhost
+        labels:
+          job: syslog
+          host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+          __path__: /var/log/syslog
+
+# Systemd service
+promtail_user: "promtail"
+promtail_group: "promtail"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/promtail/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/promtail/handlers/main.yml
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+---
+- name: Restart promtail
+  systemd:
+    name: promtail
+    state: restarted
+    daemon_reload: yes
diff --git a/ansible/roles/promtail/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/promtail/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: Install dependencies
+  apt:
+    name:
+      - unzip
+      - curl
+    state: present
+    update_cache: yes
+
+- name: Create promtail group
+  group:
+    name: "{{ promtail_group }}"
+    system: yes
+    state: present
+
+- name: Create promtail user
+  user:
+    name: "{{ promtail_user }}"
+    group: "{{ promtail_group }}"
+    system: yes
+    shell: /usr/sbin/nologin
+    home: /var/lib/promtail
+    create_home: yes
+    state: present
+
+- name: Add promtail user to systemd-journal group
+  user:
+    name: "{{ promtail_user }}"
+    groups: systemd-journal
+    append: yes
+
+- name: Create config directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ promtail_config_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ promtail_user }}"
+    group: "{{ promtail_group }}"
+    mode: '0755'
+
+- name: Create positions directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ promtail_positions_file | dirname }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ promtail_user }}"
+    group: "{{ promtail_group }}"
+    mode: '0755'
+
+- name: Check if promtail binary exists
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ promtail_bin_path }}"
+  register: promtail_binary
+
+- name: Get installed promtail version
+  command: "{{ promtail_bin_path }} --version"
+  register: installed_version
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
+  when: promtail_binary.stat.exists
+
+- name: Download promtail
+  get_url:
+    url: "{{ promtail_download_url }}"
+    dest: /tmp/promtail.zip
+    mode: '0644'
+  when: not promtail_binary.stat.exists or (installed_version.stdout is defined and promtail_version not in installed_version.stdout)
+
+- name: Extract promtail binary
+  unarchive:
+    src: /tmp/promtail.zip
+    dest: /tmp/
+    remote_src: yes
+  when: not promtail_binary.stat.exists or (installed_version.stdout is defined and promtail_version not in installed_version.stdout)
+
+- name: Install promtail binary
+  copy:
+    src: "/tmp/promtail-{{ promtail_arch }}"
+    dest: "{{ promtail_bin_path }}"
+    remote_src: yes
+    mode: '0755'
+  when: not promtail_binary.stat.exists or (installed_version.stdout is defined and promtail_version not in installed_version.stdout)
+  notify: Restart promtail
+
+- name: Clean up downloaded files
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: absent
+  loop:
+    - /tmp/promtail.zip
+    - "/tmp/promtail-{{ promtail_arch }}"
+
+- name: Configure promtail
+  template:
+    src: promtail-config.yaml.j2
+    dest: "{{ promtail_config_file }}"
+    owner: "{{ promtail_user }}"
+    group: "{{ promtail_group }}"
+    mode: '0644'
+  notify: Restart promtail
+
+- name: Create systemd service
+  template:
+    src: promtail.service.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/promtail.service
+    mode: '0644'
+  notify: Restart promtail
+
+- name: Enable and start promtail
+  systemd:
+    name: promtail
+    state: started
+    enabled: yes
+    daemon_reload: yes
diff --git a/ansible/roles/promtail/templates/promtail-config.yaml.j2 b/ansible/roles/promtail/templates/promtail-config.yaml.j2
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+server:
+  http_listen_port: {{ promtail_http_listen_port }}
+  http_listen_address: {{ promtail_http_listen_address }}
+  grpc_listen_port: 0
+
+positions:
+  filename: {{ promtail_positions_file }}
+
+clients:
+  - url: {{ promtail_loki_url }}
+    tenant_id: default
+
+scrape_configs:
+{% for config in promtail_scrape_configs %}
+  - job_name: {{ config.job_name }}
+{% if config.journal is defined %}
+    journal:
+      max_age: {{ config.journal.max_age | default('12h') }}
+      labels:
+        job: {{ config.job_name }}
+        host: {{ inventory_hostname }}
+{% if config.journal.matches is defined %}
+      matches: {{ config.journal.matches }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if config.relabel_configs is defined %}
+    relabel_configs:
+{% for relabel in config.relabel_configs %}
+      - source_labels: {{ relabel.source_labels | to_json }}
+        target_label: {{ relabel.target_label }}
+{% if relabel.regex is defined %}
+        regex: '{{ relabel.regex }}'
+{% endif %}
+{% if relabel.replacement is defined %}
+        replacement: '{{ relabel.replacement }}'
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+{% endif %}
+{% if config.static_configs is defined %}
+    static_configs:
+{% for static in config.static_configs %}
+      - targets:
+{% for target in static.targets %}
+          - {{ target }}
+{% endfor %}
+        labels:
+{% for key, value in static.labels.items() %}
+          {{ key }}: {{ value }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% if config.pipeline_stages is defined %}
+    pipeline_stages:
+{% for stage in config.pipeline_stages %}
+{% if stage.multiline is defined %}
+      - multiline:
+          firstline: '{{ stage.multiline.firstline }}'
+{% if stage.multiline.max_wait_time is defined %}
+          max_wait_time: {{ stage.multiline.max_wait_time }}
+{% endif %}
+{% endif %}
+{% if stage.regex is defined %}
+      - regex:
+          expression: '{{ stage.regex.expression }}'
+{% endif %}
+{% if stage.labels is defined %}
+      - labels:
+{% for label in stage.labels %}
+          {{ label }}:
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+{% if stage.timestamp is defined %}
+      - timestamp:
+          source: {{ stage.timestamp.source }}
+          format: '{{ stage.timestamp.format }}'
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/promtail/templates/promtail.service.j2 b/ansible/roles/promtail/templates/promtail.service.j2
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+[Unit]
+Description=Promtail Log Collector
+Documentation=https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/clients/promtail/
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User={{ promtail_user }}
+Group={{ promtail_group }}
+ExecStart={{ promtail_bin_path }} -config.file={{ promtail_config_file }}
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+TimeoutStopSec=30
+
+# Security hardening
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=yes
+ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/promtail
+CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target