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docker_container_logs

Fetch Docker container logs to monitor application performance, troubleshoot errors, and analyze system behavior by retrieving log entries from specified containers.

Instructions

Fetch logs from a Docker container

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
idYesContainer ID or name
tailNoNumber of lines from end (default: 100)
sinceNoUnix timestamp to start from

Implementation Reference

  • The containerLogs function retrieves logs from a Docker container using the Docker SDK.
    export async function containerLogs(args: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<string> {
      const docker = getDockerClient();
      const id = args.id as string || args.name as string;
      if (!id) throw new Error("Container ID or name is required");
    
      const tail = (args.tail as number) || 100;
      const since = args.since as number | undefined;
    
      const container = docker.getContainer(id);
      const logs = await container.logs({
        stdout: true,
        stderr: true,
        tail,
        since,
        timestamps: true,
      });
    
      const logStr = typeof logs === "string" ? logs : logs.toString("utf-8");
      if (!logStr.trim()) {
        return `No logs found for container '${id}'.`;
      }
    
      return `Logs for container '${id}' (last ${tail} lines):\n\n${logStr}`;
    }
  • Tool registration for 'docker_container_logs' including input schema.
      name: "docker_container_logs",
      description: "Fetch logs from a Docker container",
      inputSchema: {
        type: "object" as const,
        properties: {
          id: { type: "string", description: "Container ID or name" },
          tail: { type: "number", description: "Number of lines from end (default: 100)" },
          since: { type: "number", description: "Unix timestamp to start from" },
        },
        required: ["id"],
      },
    },

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