Docker

Open Source

Container platform logs including container and daemon logs

Vendor: Docker Inc.

Version: 27.x

License: Apache License 2.0

Log Types

Application stdout/stderr from containers

Docker engine logs

container json

/var/lib/docker/containers/<id>/<id>-json.log

daemon systemd

journalctl -u docker

daemon file

/var/log/docker.log

Main configuration file:

/etc/docker/daemon.json

kubernetes

Last updated: 2025-12-10 by container_expert

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