# Capturing Logs in Linux docker instances **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** development\ **Created:** [December 18, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/capturing-logs-in-linux-docker-instances/3912 "2018-12-18T04:49:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mosiddi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/mosiddi/32/1728_2.png) [@mosiddi](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/mosiddi)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/capturing-logs-in-linux-docker-instances/3912/1 "2018-12-18T04:49:58Z")
Hi, In our Windows VMs, we capture Elasticsearch logs (using log4jappender) and write to Windows event viewer (using ETW logger). Then logs from event viewer can be streamed to our monitoring service. What do folks use for capturing Elasticsearch logs in case of Linux docker instances? Thanks Imran ---
**Author:** ![yomateod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/yomateod/32/593_2.png) [@yomateod](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/yomateod)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/capturing-logs-in-linux-docker-instances/3912/2 "2018-12-19T18:06:41Z")
I’d recommend using the fluentd logging driver ([https://www.fluentd.org/guides/recipes/docker-logging](https://www.fluentd.org/guides/recipes/docker-logging)). This will suck up all of your logs and output to the destination of your choice (and definitely elasticsearch!). ---
**Author:** ![mosiddi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/mosiddi/32/1728_2.png) [@mosiddi](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/mosiddi)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/capturing-logs-in-linux-docker-instances/3912/3 "2018-12-19T18:22:20Z")
Thank you, i will have a look.