{"id":23619,"date":"2022-10-03T14:04:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T14:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=23619"},"modified":"2025-07-12T05:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:41:39","slug":"docker-commands-tutorial-docker-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/docker-commands-tutorial-docker-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Docker Tutorials: docker events commands &#038; examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Docker Events Types?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Docker containers will report the following events:<\/strong><br>attach, commit, copy, create, destroy, detach, die, exec_create, exec_detach, exec_start, export, kill, oom, pause, rename, resize, restart, start, stop, top, unpause, update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Docker images report the following events:<\/strong><br>delete, import, load, pull, push, save, tag, untag<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Docker volumes report the following events:<\/strong><br>create, mount, unmount, destroy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Docker networks report the following events:<\/strong><br>create, connect, disconnect, destroy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Docker plugins report the following events:<\/strong><br>enable, disable, install, remove<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Docker daemons report the following events:<\/strong><br>reload<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Docker services report the following events:<\/strong><br>create, remove, update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Docker nodes report the following events:<\/strong><br>create, remove, update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Docker secrets report the following events:<\/strong><br>create, remove, update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Docker configs report the following events:<\/strong><br>create, remove, update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Docker events commands example<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listening for Docker events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><span><code class=\"hljs\">$ docker events<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Listening for events since a given date<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ docker events --since <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2015-01-28'<\/span>\n$ docker events --since <span class=\"hljs-string\">'3m'<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Listening for Docker events based on filter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ docker events --filter <span class=\"hljs-string\">'type=container'<\/span> --format <span class=\"hljs-string\">'Type={{.Type}}  Status={{.Status}}  ID={{.ID}}'<\/span>\n$ docker events --filter <span class=\"hljs-string\">'event=stop'<\/span>\n$ docker events --filter <span class=\"hljs-string\">'image=ubuntu-1:14.04'<\/span>\n$ docker events --filter <span class=\"hljs-string\">'container=7805c1d35632'<\/span>\n$ docker events --filter <span class=\"hljs-string\">'container=7805c1d35632'<\/span> --filter <span class=\"hljs-string\">'container=4386fb97867d'<\/span>\n$ docker events --filter <span class=\"hljs-string\">'container=7805c1d35632'<\/span> --filter <span class=\"hljs-string\">'event=stop'<\/span>\n$ docker events --filter <span class=\"hljs-string\">'type=volume'<\/span>\n$ docker events --filter <span class=\"hljs-string\">'type=network'<\/span>\n$ docker events --filter <span class=\"hljs-string\">'type=plugin'<\/span> (experimental)\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Listening for Docker events based on format<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ docker events --format <span class=\"hljs-string\">'{{json .}}'<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span 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