Exploring Docker commands: docker logs

 

docker logs

$ docker logs --help

Usage: docker logs [OPTIONS] CONTAINER

Fetch the logs of a container

Options:
      --details        Show extra details provided to logs
  -f, --follow         Follow log output
      --since string   Show logs since timestamp (e.g. 2013-01-02T13:23:37) or relative (e.g. 42m for 42 minutes)
      --tail string    Number of lines to show from the end of the logs (default "all")
  -t, --timestamps     Show timestamps
      --until string   Show logs before a timestamp (e.g. 2013-01-02T13:23:37) or relative (e.g. 42m for 42 minutes)

We can specify either container name or ID (or just the first several characters of ID which make a unique sequence good enough to distinguish this ID from other IDs)

Example:

$ docker logs my_app >& my_app.log

To bind the current terminal and show "live" log outputs from the currently running container, we need to use -f (--follow) option. Press CTRL+C to stop following the logs.