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tags: [docker, procedural]
created: Thursday, April 24, 2025
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# Viewing Docker logs

## View logs from outside of container

```sh
docker logs <container_name> OR <container_id>
```

To view the logs in realtime, apend `-f` for `--follow`:

```sh
docker logs -f <container_name> OR <container_id>
```

## View logs from within the container

For example, to view nginx logs, first
[enter into the container](./Enter_into_a_Docker_container.md) and then:

```sh
cat /var/log/nginx/access.log
cat /var/log/nginx/error.log
```