% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014
docker-events - Get real time events from the server
docker events [--since[=SINCE]] [--until[=UNTIL]]
Get event information from the Docker daemon. Information can include historical information and real-time information.
Docker containers will report the following events:
create, destroy, die, export, kill, pause, restart, start, stop, unpause
and Docker images will report:
untag, delete
--since="" Show all events created since timestamp
--until="" Stream events until this timestamp
After running docker events a container 786d698004576 is started and stopped (The container name has been shortened in the output below):
# docker events [2014-04-12 18:23:04 -0400 EDT] 786d69800457: (from whenry/testimage:latest) start [2014-04-12 18:23:13 -0400 EDT] 786d69800457: (from whenry/testimage:latest) die [2014-04-12 18:23:13 -0400 EDT] 786d69800457: (from whenry/testimage:latest) stop
Again the output container IDs have been shortened for the purposes of this document:
# docker events --since '2014-04-12' [2014-04-12 18:11:28 -0400 EDT] c655dbf640dc: (from whenry/testimage:latest) create [2014-04-12 18:11:28 -0400 EDT] c655dbf640dc: (from whenry/testimage:latest) start [2014-04-12 18:14:13 -0400 EDT] 786d69800457: (from whenry/testimage:latest) create [2014-04-12 18:14:13 -0400 EDT] 786d69800457: (from whenry/testimage:latest) start [2014-04-12 18:22:44 -0400 EDT] 786d69800457: (from whenry/testimage:latest) die [2014-04-12 18:22:44 -0400 EDT] 786d69800457: (from whenry/testimage:latest) stop [2014-04-12 18:23:04 -0400 EDT] 786d69800457: (from whenry/testimage:latest) start [2014-04-12 18:23:13 -0400 EDT] 786d69800457: (from whenry/testimage:latest) die [2014-04-12 18:23:13 -0400 EDT] 786d69800457: (from whenry/testimage:latest) stop
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit SvenDowideit@home.org.au