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

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           CPU %               MEM USAGE / LIMIT     MEM %               NET I/O             BLOCK I/O
1285939c1fd3        0.07%               796 KiB / 64 MiB        1.21%               788 B / 648 B       3.568 MB / 512 KB
9c76f7834ae2        0.07%               2.746 MiB / 64 MiB      4.29%               1.266 KB / 648 B    12.4 MB / 0 B
d1ea048f04e4        0.03%               4.583 MiB / 64 MiB      6.30%               2.854 KB / 648 B    27.7 MB / 0 B

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

$ docker stats fervent_panini 5acfcb1b4fd1
CONTAINER           CPU %               MEM USAGE/LIMIT       MEM %               NET I/O
5acfcb1b4fd1        0.00%               115.2 MiB/1.045 GiB   11.03%              1.422 kB/648 B
fervent_panini      0.02%               11.08 MiB/1.045 GiB   1.06%               648 B/648 B

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

$ docker stats --all --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Name}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}\t{{.MemUsage}}"
CONTAINER ID                                                       NAME                     CPU %               MEM USAGE / LIMIT
c9dfa83f0317f87637d5b7e67aa4223337d947215c5a9947e697e4f7d3e0f834   ecstatic_noether         0.00%               56KiB / 15.57GiB
8f92d01cf3b29b4f5fca4cd33d907e05def7af5a3684711b20a2369d211ec67f   stoic_goodall            0.07%               32.86MiB / 15.57GiB
38dd23dba00f307d53d040c1d18a91361bbdcccbf592315927d56cf13d8b7343   drunk_visvesvaraya       0.00%               0B / 0B
5a8b07ec4cc52823f3cbfdb964018623c1ba307bce2c057ccdbde5f4f6990833   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           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        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
3f214c61ad1d        nanoserver          "cmd"               2 minutes ago       Up 2 minutes                            big_minsky
9db7aa4d986d        windowsservercore   "cmd"               2 minutes ago       Up 2 minutes                            mad_wilson
09d3bb5b1604        windowsservercore   "cmd"               2 minutes ago       Up 2 minutes                            affectionate_easley

PS E:\> docker stats 3f214c61ad1d mad_wilson
CONTAINER           CPU %               PRIV WORKING SET    NET I/O             BLOCK I/O
3f214c61ad1d        0.00%               46.25 MiB           76.3 kB / 7.92 kB   10.3 MB / 14.7 MB
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