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NAME

docker-events - Get real time events from the server

SYNOPSIS

docker events [ --help] [ -f|--filter[=[]]] [ --since[=SINCE]] [ --until[=UNTIL]]

DESCRIPTION

Get event information from the Docker daemon. Information can include historical information and real-time information.
Docker containers will report the following events: 
create, destroy, die, export, kill, pause, restart, start, stop, unpause
and Docker images will report: 
untag, delete

OPTIONS

--help
Print usage statement
-f, --filter=[]
Provide filter values (i.e., 'event=stop')
--since=""
Show all events created since timestamp
--until=""
Stream events until this timestamp

EXAMPLES

Listening for Docker events

After running docker events a container 786d698004576 is started and stopped (The container name has been shortened in the output below): 
# docker events
2015-01-28T20:21:31.000000000-08:00 59211849bc10: (from whenry/testimage:latest) start
2015-01-28T20:21:31.000000000-08:00 59211849bc10: (from whenry/testimage:latest) die
2015-01-28T20:21:32.000000000-08:00 59211849bc10: (from whenry/testimage:latest) stop

Listening for events since a given date

Again the output container IDs have been shortened for the purposes of this document: 
# docker events --since '2015-01-28'
2015-01-28T20:25:38.000000000-08:00 c21f6c22ba27: (from whenry/testimage:latest) create
2015-01-28T20:25:38.000000000-08:00 c21f6c22ba27: (from whenry/testimage:latest) start
2015-01-28T20:25:39.000000000-08:00 c21f6c22ba27: (from whenry/testimage:latest) create
2015-01-28T20:25:39.000000000-08:00 c21f6c22ba27: (from whenry/testimage:latest) start
2015-01-28T20:25:40.000000000-08:00 c21f6c22ba27: (from whenry/testimage:latest) die
2015-01-28T20:25:42.000000000-08:00 c21f6c22ba27: (from whenry/testimage:latest) stop
2015-01-28T20:25:45.000000000-08:00 c21f6c22ba27: (from whenry/testimage:latest) start
2015-01-28T20:25:45.000000000-08:00 c21f6c22ba27: (from whenry/testimage:latest) die
2015-01-28T20:25:46.000000000-08:00 c21f6c22ba27: (from whenry/testimage:latest) stop

HISTORY

April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit ⟨SvenDowideit@home.org.au⟩
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