From d17ba95492a08838ddb458f1fb5ea77132ea3a09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leonard Gram Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 10:06:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: logging in the docker container (#26119) * Docs: logging in the docker container * Docs: wording * Update docs/sources/installation/configure-docker.md Co-authored-by: Diana Payton <52059945+oddlittlebird@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/sources/installation/configure-docker.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/configure-docker.md b/docs/sources/installation/configure-docker.md index 6b1f8cee4f2..e68231c87e8 100644 --- a/docs/sources/installation/configure-docker.md +++ b/docs/sources/installation/configure-docker.md @@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ GF_PATHS_LOGS | /var/log/grafana GF_PATHS_PLUGINS | /var/lib/grafana/plugins GF_PATHS_PROVISIONING | /etc/grafana/provisioning +## Logging + +Logs in the Docker container go to standard out by default, as is common in the Docker world. Change this by setting a different [log mode]({{< relref "../administration/configuration.md#mode" >}}). + +Example: + +```bash +# Run Grafana while logging to both standard out and /var/log/grafana/grafana.log +docker run -p 3000:3000 -e "GF_LOG_MODE=console file" grafana/grafana +``` + ## Configure Grafana with Docker Secrets > Only available in Grafana v5.2 and later.