Document log file location for json-file driver#24724
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…ocker#22851) The json-file logging driver page described the log format and configuration options but never stated where the log files are stored on disk. Added a "Log file location" section documenting the default path, data root dependency, Docker Desktop behavior, and the docker inspect command for finding a container's log path. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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These files are an implementation detail, and are meant to be exclusively accessed by the daemon; we should probably not document them; it's why we added the warning as well; https://docs.docker.com/engine/logging/drivers/json-file/ 
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Basically, these files are just a cache used by the daemon; the |
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@thaJeztah makes sense 👍 |
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Summary
The json-file logging driver page described the log format and configuration
options but never stated where the log files are stored on disk. Added a
"Log file location" section documenting the default path
(
/var/lib/docker/containers/<id>/<id>-json.log), its dependency on thedaemon data root directory, Docker Desktop behavior, and the
docker inspect --format='{{.LogPath}}'command.Closes #22851
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