WIN
Docker Engine - Windows
Docker Inc.Windows Server native containers
C:\ProgramData\docker\containers\<container-id>\<container-id>-json.logDocker Engine
2 log locations · Windows, Linux
- Easiest: docker logs <container>.
- Daemon on Linux: journalctl -u docker.service. On Windows Server: Event Viewer > Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > Docker-Users, or Windows Logs > Application.
Where Docker Engine keeps its logs
Docker Engine logs to C:\ProgramData\docker\containers\<container-id>\<container-id>-json.log on Windows.
Docker Engine logs to /var/lib/docker/containers/<container-id>/<container-id>-json.log on Linux.
Paths are printed exactly as Docker Engine writes them. Environment variables like %LOCALAPPDATA% and $XDG_STATE_HOME are never expanded, so a path can be pasted straight into a shell. Where a path differs between installer types or shipping flavours, each one is racked as its own card below - why that happens.
LNX
Docker Engine - Linux
Docker Inc.container stdout/stderr
/var/lib/docker/containers/<container-id>/<container-id>-json.log