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Container → Logs

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Summary

Collect Docker container logs and return them as aggregated or split log items

Inputs

  • containerId (required) — Container name or full/short container ID
  • includeStdout — Whether to include stdout output
  • includeStderr — Whether to include stderr output
  • logsMode — Mode for reading logs: snapshot or follow for a duration
  • logsOutputMode — How to return collected log lines: aggregate or split per line
  • tail — Number of lines from the end of logs, or "all"
  • timestamps — Whether to prefix log lines with Docker timestamps
  • since — Only return logs since this timestamp
  • until — Only return logs before this timestamp
  • logsFollowDurationSeconds — When following logs, duration in seconds before returning

Output shape

single aggregated log payload or array of individual log entries

When logsOutputMode is aggregate the operation returns one item containing the full log batch; when splitItems it returns multiple items, one per line. Optional parameters such as timestamps, since, until, tail, and logsFollowDurationSeconds can limit the output.

Examples

Example 1: Fetch the last 100 lines of a container's logs as a single aggregated item

containerId=n8n, logsMode=snapshot, logsOutputMode=aggregate, tail=100, timestamps=true

Example 2: Follow a container's logs for 30 seconds, returning each line as a separate item

containerId=myContainer, logsMode=followForDuration, logsFollowDurationSeconds=30, logsOutputMode=splitItems

Example 3: Retrieve logs since a specific timestamp, including timestamps in output

containerId=web, since=2026-04-13T06:00:00Z, timestamps=true, logsOutputMode=aggregate

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