From c8bfbd6b23ff1bd1c13094d9c751a64fcdb449e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastiaan van Steenis Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:37:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add Docker daemon log-driver requirement for logshipping --- content/rancher/v2.x/en/tools/logging/_index.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/tools/logging/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/tools/logging/_index.md index fd35b6bfc8e..a49890cb44e 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/tools/logging/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/tools/logging/_index.md @@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ Rancher supports the following services: - [Kafka]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/tools/logging/kafka) - [Syslog]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/tools/logging/syslog) +## Requirements + +Docker daemon should be [configured](https://docs.docker.com/config/containers/logging/configure/) with the (default) log-driver: `json-file`. You can check the log-driver by running the following command: + +``` +$ docker info | grep 'Logging Driver' +Logging Driver: json-file +``` + ## Advantages Setting up a logging service to collect logs from your cluster/project is helpful several ways: