Docker Compose Tip #25: Using docker compose events for monitoring
Track everything happening in your Compose stack! Events provide real-time insights into container lifecycle changes. Basic event monitoring Watch events as they happen: # Stream all events docker compose events # JSON format for parsing docker compose events --json # Specific services only docker compose events web worker # Since a specific time docker compose events --since "2026-02-06T10:00:00" Event types Common events you’ll see: container create # Container created container start # Container started container stop # Stop initiated container die # Container exited container destroy # Container removed health_status # Health check changed network connect # Network attached network disconnect # Network detached Processing events Parse with jq: ...