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      1. Dokku
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      3. Docker
    7. HTTP REST API
  4. Integrations
    1. Slack
  5. Log Forwarding
    1. Vector (Recommended)
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    5. Syslog
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    1. Get started with Logtail API
    2. Sources API
    3. Query API
  7. Using Logtail
    1. AWS S3-compatible archive
    2. String + JSON format
    3. Live Tail Query Language
    4. Querying data in Logtail
    5. GeoIP map visualization

Logging with Docker and Logtail

You can use Vector to collect logs from your Docker containers. The installation and configuration process is the following:

  1. Install Vector  on your server
  2. Download Vector configuration for your source:
wget -O ->> /etc/vector/vector.toml \
    https://logtail.com/vector-toml/docker/YOUR_LOGTAIL_SOURCE_TOKEN
Copied!
  1. Restart Vector
systemctl restart vector
Copied!
  1. That's all 🎉

Make sure to replace <YOUR_LOGTAIL_SOURCE_TOKEN> with your own source token from Logtail.com.

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