docker stats

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Description

Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics

Usage

docker stats [OPTIONS] [CONTAINER...]

Options

Name, shorthand	Default	Description
`--all , -a`		Show all containers (default shows just running)
`--format`		Pretty-print images using a Go template
`--no-stream`		Disable streaming stats and only pull the first result
`--no-trunc`		Do not truncate output

Parent command

Command	Description
docker	The base command for the Docker CLI.

Extended description

The docker stats command returns a live data stream for running containers. To limit data to one or more specific containers, specify a list of container names or ids separated by a space. You can specify a stopped container but stopped containers do not return any data.

If you want more detailed information about a container’s resource usage, use the /containers/(id)/stats API endpoint.

Examples

Running docker stats on all running containers against a Linux daemon.

$ docker stats

CONTAINER ID        NAME                                    CPU %               MEM USAGE / LIMIT     MEM %               NET I/O             BLOCK I/O           PIDS
b95a83497c91        awesome_brattain                        0.28%               5.629MiB / 1.952GiB   0.28%               916B / 0B           147kB / 0B          9
67b2525d8ad1        foobar                                  0.00%               1.727MiB / 1.952GiB   0.09%               2.48kB / 0B         4.11MB / 0B         2
e5c383697914        test-1951.1.kay7x1lh1twk9c0oig50sd5tr   0.00%               196KiB / 1.952GiB     0.01%               71.2kB / 0B         770kB / 0B          1
4bda148efbc0        random.1.vnc8on831idyr42slu578u3cr      0.00%               1.672MiB / 1.952GiB   0.08%               110kB / 0B          578kB / 0B          2

Running docker stats on multiple containers by name and id against a Linux daemon.

$ docker stats awesome_brattain 67b2525d8ad1

CONTAINER ID        NAME                CPU %               MEM USAGE / LIMIT     MEM %               NET I/O             BLOCK I/O           PIDS
b95a83497c91        awesome_brattain    0.28%               5.629MiB / 1.952GiB   0.28%               916B / 0B           147kB / 0B          9
67b2525d8ad1        foobar              0.00%               1.727MiB / 1.952GiB   0.09%               2.48kB / 0B         4.11MB / 0B         2

Running docker stats with customized format on all (Running and Stopped) containers.

$ docker stats --all --format "table {{.Container}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}\t{{.MemUsage}}" fervent_panini 5acfcb1b4fd1 drunk_visvesvaraya big_heisenberg

CONTAINER                CPU %               MEM USAGE / LIMIT
fervent_panini           0.00%               56KiB / 15.57GiB
5acfcb1b4fd1             0.07%               32.86MiB / 15.57GiB
drunk_visvesvaraya       0.00%               0B / 0B
big_heisenberg           0.00%               0B / 0B

drunk_visvesvaraya and big_heisenberg are stopped containers in the above example.

Running docker stats on all running containers against a Windows daemon.

PS E:\> docker stats
CONTAINER ID        CPU %               PRIV WORKING SET    NET I/O             BLOCK I/O
09d3bb5b1604        6.61%               38.21 MiB           17.1 kB / 7.73 kB   10.7 MB / 3.57 MB
9db7aa4d986d        9.19%               38.26 MiB           15.2 kB / 7.65 kB   10.6 MB / 3.3 MB
3f214c61ad1d        0.00%               28.64 MiB           64 kB / 6.84 kB     4.42 MB / 6.93 MB

Running docker stats on multiple containers by name and id against a Windows daemon.

PS E:\> docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID        NAME                IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
3f214c61ad1d        awesome_brattain    nanoserver          "cmd"               2 minutes ago       Up 2 minutes                            big_minsky
9db7aa4d986d        mad_wilson          windowsservercore   "cmd"               2 minutes ago       Up 2 minutes                            mad_wilson
09d3bb5b1604        fervent_panini      windowsservercore   "cmd"               2 minutes ago       Up 2 minutes                            affectionate_easley

PS E:\> docker stats 3f214c61ad1d mad_wilson
CONTAINER ID        NAME                CPU %               PRIV WORKING SET    NET I/O             BLOCK I/O
3f214c61ad1d        awesome_brattain    0.00%               46.25 MiB           76.3 kB / 7.92 kB   10.3 MB / 14.7 MB
9db7aa4d986d        mad_wilson          9.59%               40.09 MiB           27.6 kB / 8.81 kB   17 MB / 20.1 MB

Formatting

The formatting option (--format) pretty prints container output using a Go template.

Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:

Placeholder	Description
`.Container`	Container name or ID (user input)
`.Name`	Container name
`.ID`	Container ID
`.CPUPerc`	CPU percentage
`.MemUsage`	Memory usage
`.NetIO`	Network IO
`.BlockIO`	Block IO
`.MemPerc`	Memory percentage (Not available on Windows)
`.PIDs`	Number of PIDs (Not available on Windows)

When using the --format option, the stats command either outputs the data exactly as the template declares or, when using the table directive, includes column headers as well.

The following example uses a template without headers and outputs the Container and CPUPerc entries separated by a colon for all images:

$ docker stats --format "{{.Container}}: {{.CPUPerc}}"

09d3bb5b1604: 6.61%
9db7aa4d986d: 9.19%
3f214c61ad1d: 0.00%

To list all containers statistics with their name, CPU percentage and memory usage in a table format you can use:

$ docker stats --format "table {{.Container}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}\t{{.MemUsage}}"

CONTAINER           CPU %               PRIV WORKING SET
1285939c1fd3        0.07%               796 KiB / 64 MiB
9c76f7834ae2        0.07%               2.746 MiB / 64 MiB
d1ea048f04e4        0.03%               4.583 MiB / 64 MiB

The default format is as follows:

On Linux:

"table {{.ID}}\t{{.Name}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}\t{{.MemUsage}}\t{{.MemPerc}}\t{{.NetIO}}\t{{.BlockIO}}\t{{.PIDs}}"

On Windows:

"table {{.ID}}\t{{.Name}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}\t{{.MemUsage}}\t{{.NetIO}}\t{{.BlockIO}}"

Note: On Docker 17.09 and older, the {{.Container}} column was used, in stead of {{.ID}}\t{{.Name}}.