docker logs

SafeContainer logs

docker logs -f <c>

Shows a container's stdout logs; -f follows.

Examples

docker logs --tail 100 -f webTail 100 lines and follow

Syntax

docker logs [-f] [--tail n] <container>

Before you run it

Read-only.

Used when you see

Service won't start / keeps crashing

If a container, check logsCheck the tail

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Container won't start / crashes

Chase the cause in logsCheck the tail

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Related commands

docker psList containers
docker execExec inside container

The same reference, with no signal at all

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