:title: Events Command
:description: Get real time events from the server
:keywords: events, docker, documentation

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``events`` -- Get real time events from the server
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    Usage: docker events

    Get real time events from the server

Examples
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Starting and stopping a container
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.. code-block:: bash

    $ sudo docker start 4386fb97867d
    $ sudo docker stop 4386fb97867d

In another shell

.. code-block:: bash
    
    $ sudo docker events
    [2013-09-03 15:49:26 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) start
    [2013-09-03 15:49:29 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) die
    [2013-09-03 15:49:29 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) stop