# events Usage: docker events [OPTIONS] Get real time events from the server -f, --filter=[] Filter output based on conditions provided --help=false Print usage --since="" Show all events created since timestamp --until="" Stream events until this timestamp Docker containers will report the following events: attach, commit, copy, create, destroy, die, exec_create, exec_start, export, kill, oom, pause, rename, resize, restart, start, stop, top, unpause and Docker images will report: delete, import, pull, push, tag, untag The `--since` and `--until` parameters can be Unix timestamps, date formatted timestamps, or Go duration strings (e.g. `10m`, `1h30m`) computed relative to the client machine’s time. If you do not provide the --since option, the command returns only new and/or live events. Supported formats for date formatted time stamps include RFC3339Nano, RFC3339, `2006-01-02T15:04:05`, `2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999`, `2006-01-02Z07:00`, and `2006-01-02`. The local timezone on the client will be used if you do not provide either a `Z` or a `+-00:00` timezone offset at the end of the timestamp. When providing Unix timestamps enter seconds[.nanoseconds], where seconds is the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT), not counting leap seconds (aka Unix epoch or Unix time), and the optional .nanoseconds field is a fraction of a second no more than nine digits long. ## Filtering The filtering flag (`-f` or `--filter`) format is of "key=value". If you would like to use multiple filters, pass multiple flags (e.g., `--filter "foo=bar" --filter "bif=baz"`) Using the same filter multiple times will be handled as a *OR*; for example `--filter container=588a23dac085 --filter container=a8f7720b8c22` will display events for container 588a23dac085 *OR* container a8f7720b8c22 Using multiple filters will be handled as a *AND*; for example `--filter container=588a23dac085 --filter event=start` will display events for container container 588a23dac085 *AND* the event type is *start* The currently supported filters are: * container (`container=`) * event (`event=`) * image (`image=`) * label (`label=` or `label==`) ## Examples You'll need two shells for this example. **Shell 1: Listening for events:** $ docker events **Shell 2: Start and Stop containers:** $ docker start 4386fb97867d $ docker stop 4386fb97867d $ docker stop 7805c1d35632 **Shell 1: (Again .. now showing events):** 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) start 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) die 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) stop 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) die 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) stop **Show events in the past from a specified time:** $ docker events --since 1378216169 2014-03-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) die 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) stop 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) die 2014-03-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) stop $ docker events --since '2013-09-03' 2014-09-03T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) start 2014-09-03T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) die 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) stop 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) die 2014-09-03T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) stop $ docker events --since '2013-09-03T15:49:29' 2014-09-03T15:49:29.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) die 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) stop 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) die 2014-09-03T15:49:29.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) stop This example outputs all events that were generated in the last 3 minutes, relative to the current time on the client machine: $ docker events --since '3m' 2015-05-12T11:51:30.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) die 2015-05-12T15:52:12.999999999Z07:00 4 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) stop 2015-05-12T15:53:45.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) die 2015-05-12T15:54:03.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) stop **Filter events:** $ docker events --filter 'event=stop' 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) stop 2014-09-03T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) stop $ docker events --filter 'image=ubuntu-1:14.04' 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) start 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) die 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) stop $ docker events --filter 'container=7805c1d35632' 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) die 2014-09-03T15:49:29.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) stop $ docker events --filter 'container=7805c1d35632' --filter 'container=4386fb97867d' 2014-09-03T15:49:29.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) die 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) stop 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) die 2014-09-03T15:49:29.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) stop $ docker events --filter 'container=7805c1d35632' --filter 'event=stop' 2014-09-03T15:49:29.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) stop $ docker events --filter 'container=container_1' --filter 'container=container_2' 2014-09-03T15:49:29.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) die 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 4386fb97867d: (from ubuntu-1:14.04) stop 2014-05-10T17:42:14.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) die 2014-09-03T15:49:29.999999999Z07:00 7805c1d35632: (from redis:2.8) stop