local binary file Protobuf logging driver

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This log-driver writes to local binary files using Protobuf Protocol Buffers

Usage

To use the local driver as the default logging driver, set the log-driver and log-opt keys to appropriate values in the daemon.json file, which is located in /etc/docker/ on Linux hosts or C:\ProgramData\docker\config\daemon.json on Windows Server. For more information about configuring Docker using daemon.json, see daemon.json.

The following example sets the log driver to local.

{
  "log-driver": "local",
  "log-opts": {}
}

Note: log-opt configuration options in the daemon.json configuration file must be provided as strings. Boolean and numeric values (such as the value for max-file in the example above) must therefore be enclosed in quotes (").

Restart Docker for the changes to take effect for newly created containers.

Existing containers will not use the new logging configuration.

You can set the logging driver for a specific container by using the --log-driver flag to docker container create or docker run:

$ docker run \
      --log-driver local --log-opt compress="false" \
      alpine echo hello world

Options

The local logging driver supports the following logging options:

Option Description Example value
max-size The maximum size of each binary log file before rotation. A positive integer plus a modifier representing the unit of measure (k, m, or g). Defaults to 20m. --log-opt max-size=10m
max-file The maximum number of binary log files. If rotating the logs creates an excess file, the oldest file is removed. Only effective when max-size is also set. A positive integer. Defaults to 5. --log-opt max-file=5
compress Whether or not the binary files should be compressed. Defaults to true --log-opt compress=true
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