Integration

Docker and Podman

Every container's logs, and CPU, memory and network per container.

Category: Containers
How data is sent: Logthread Agent
Runs on: Linux
Status: Beta

How it works#

Answer a few questions. They only fill in the setup steps. Nothing on this page connects to your servers: Logthread never reaches into your network.
Run one command on the Docker or Podman host. The next page shows the command with this connector's ingest key filled in. It downloads the Logthread Agent from downloads.logthread.com and installs it as a service (Linux, as root with sudo). No other download.
Data arrives. Everything is collected inside your environment. It is sent over outbound HTTPS (port 443) to ingest.logthread.com. Nothing is opened to the internet: no inbound ports, VPN or public access to your servers. The connection page shows what has arrived and turns Active with the first record.

What you answer#

Question	Answer	Notes
Runtime	`docker` (Docker), `podman` (Podman (beta))	Default: `docker`.
Labels (optional)	Text	For Fleet and filtering, for example env=prod.
Manage this agent from Fleet	Yes or no	Change its configuration from Logthread later without logging in to the host. Default: `Yes`.

Setup#

These are the steps for the default answers. In the app, they follow your answers, and the connector's ingest key replaces YOUR_INGEST_KEY.

Step 1. Install the Logthread Agent. On the Docker host: it installs the agent with the Docker and Linux host profiles. It reads every container's log (json-file driver, the default) and stats from the Docker socket, and runs as root to do so.

curl -sSL https://downloads.logthread.com/agent/install.sh | sudo sh -s -- \
  --key YOUR_INGEST_KEY --profiles linux-host,docker --fleet

Step 2. Wait for data. New container output arrives within seconds; stats every 30 seconds.

Check that it works#

The connection page under Integrations counts what has arrived and turns Active with the first record. In Explore, search service:docker.

Then add#

Each is one click on the connection page and opens with your data, so you can check it before saving.

Dashboard: Docker and Podman containers: CPU, memory and network per container, and container log volume.

Set it up under Integrations in the app, or from an AI agent with MCP (add_integration). All integrations: Integrations guide. Next: find what it sends in Explore and live tail.