chore(containers): remove promtail container build

Grafana stopped bundling promtail binaries in Loki releases as of
v3.7.0, breaking the dynamic download in Dockerfile.promtail. Remove
the promtail container entirely: Dockerfile, config, entrypoint,
Makefile targets, and build script references.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: ericfitz

Dockerfile.promtail

@@ -1183,56 +1183,6 @@ push-oci-info:  ## Show OCIR push instructions for external containers (tmi-ux,
 push-oci-env:  ## Output OCIR registry info as env vars (use: eval $$(make push-oci-env))
 	@scripts/deploy-oci.sh --push-env
 
-# ============================================================================
-# PROMTAIL CONTAINER MANAGEMENT
-# ============================================================================
-
-.PHONY: build-promtail start-promtail stop-promtail clean-promtail
-
-build-promtail:
-	$(call log_info,Building Promtail container...)
-	@./scripts/build-promtail-container.sh
-
-start-promtail:
-	$(call log_info,Starting Promtail container...)
-	@CONTAINER="promtail"; \
-	LOG_DIR=$$(pwd)/logs; \
-	if [ -z "$$LOKI_URL" ]; then \
-		if [ -f promtail/config.yaml ]; then \
-			LOKI_URL=$$(grep -A1 'clients:' promtail/config.yaml | grep 'url:' | sed 's/.*url: *//'); \
-			echo -e "$(BLUE)[INFO]$(NC) Using Loki URL from promtail/config.yaml"; \
-		else \
-			echo -e "$(RED)[ERROR]$(NC) LOKI_URL environment variable not set and promtail/config.yaml not found"; \
-			echo -e "$(BLUE)[INFO]$(NC) Set LOKI_URL (required), and optionally LOKI_USERNAME and LOKI_PASSWORD"; \
-			exit 1; \
-		fi; \
-	fi; \
-	if ! docker ps -a --format "{{.Names}}" | grep -q "^$$CONTAINER$$"; then \
-		echo -e "$(BLUE)[INFO]$(NC) Creating new Promtail container..."; \
-		echo -e "$(BLUE)[INFO]$(NC) Mounting log directory: $$LOG_DIR"; \
-		docker run -d \
-			--name $$CONTAINER \
-			-e LOKI_URL="$$LOKI_URL" \
-			-e LOKI_USERNAME="$$LOKI_USERNAME" \
-			-e LOKI_PASSWORD="$$LOKI_PASSWORD" \
-			-v $$LOG_DIR:/logs:ro \
-			-v /var/log/tmi:/var/log/tmi:ro \
-			tmi/promtail:latest; \
-	elif ! docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" | grep -q "^$$CONTAINER$$"; then \
-		echo -e "$(BLUE)[INFO]$(NC) Starting existing Promtail container..."; \
-		docker start $$CONTAINER; \
-	fi; \
-	echo "✅ Promtail container is running"
-
-stop-promtail:
-	$(call log_info,Stopping Promtail container...)
-	@docker stop promtail 2>/dev/null || true
-	$(call log_success,"Promtail container stopped")
-
-clean-promtail:
-	$(call log_warning,"Removing Promtail container...")
-	@docker rm -f promtail 2>/dev/null || true
-	$(call log_success,"Promtail container removed")
 
 # ============================================================================
 # BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY ALIASES

Makefile

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # requires-python = ">=3.11"
 # ///
 
-"""Build TMI application containers (server, redis, promtail).
+"""Build TMI application containers (server, redis).
 
 Supports local Docker builds and cloud registry push for OCI, AWS, Azure, GCP,
 and Heroku targets. See --help for full usage.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 
 VALID_TARGETS = ("local", "oci", "aws", "azure", "gcp", "heroku")
-VALID_COMPONENTS = ("server", "redis", "promtail", "all")
+VALID_COMPONENTS = ("server", "redis", "all")
 VALID_ARCHS = ("arm64", "amd64", "both")
 VALID_DB_BACKENDS = ("postgresql", "oracle-adb")
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
 def resolve_components(component: str, target: str) -> list[str]:
     """Resolve 'all' to component list, applying target restrictions."""
     if component == "all":
-        components = ["server", "redis", "promtail"]
+        components = ["server", "redis"]
     else:
         components = [component]
 

promtail/config.yaml.template

@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ def _get_dockerfile_map(target: str, db_backend: str) -> dict[str, str]:
     return {
         "server": "Dockerfile.server-oracle" if use_oracle else "Dockerfile.server",
         "redis": "Dockerfile.redis-oracle" if target == "oci" else "Dockerfile.redis",
-        "promtail": "Dockerfile.promtail",
         "postgres": "Dockerfile.postgres",
     }