How to see the logs of a docker container

The first point you need to print your logs to stdout.

To check docker logs just use the following command:

docker logs --help

Usage:  docker logs [OPTIONS] CONTAINER

Fetch the logs of a container

Options:
      --details        Show extra details provided to logs
  -f, --follow         Follow log output
      --help           Print usage
      --since string   Show logs since timestamp
      --tail string    Number of lines to show from the end of the logs (default "all")
  -t, --timestamps     Show timestamps

Some example:

docker logs --since=1h <container_id>

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