How to differentiate docker containers in stackdriver logging?

Hilikus

11/22/22, 5:21 PM

I have a VM in GCE with docker installed. There I run containers using the Google Cloud Logging driver. I can see the logs in stackdrive logging. However, i can't easily browse between logs of different containers. All the containers' logs get indexed under the logName projects/my-project/logs/gcplogs-docker-driver

Is there any way to have fields on the "Log Fields" pane on the left that would allow me to easily filter by container? It seems that the logName in the gcplogs-docker-driver is hardcoded, so that's not possible to modify. I tried to "add field to log fields pane" using jsonPayload.container.name but it looks like any field inside jsonPayload cannot be used in the log fields pane, it shows "Value not present"

I also tried adding labels as gcplogs options but they get sent under the jsonPayload as well so same problem as with the container name

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google-cloud-platform

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google-stackdriver

Pit

11/26/22, 10:16 AM

Have you tried with ```jsonPayload.container.imageName="hello-world"```?

Hilikus

11/26/22, 3:01 PM

you mean in the search query? if so, yes, but having to type it is not ideal. i have a lot of containers sometimes with random names. That's why I was trying to find a way to do it with the (left) Log Fields pane, which is populated with the available values

Pit

12/10/22, 10:11 AM

I have created a [Feature Request](https://issuetracker.google.com/196021630) on your behalf because it may be interesting to add that feature. Please take into account that it's not certain to be feasible and there is not an estimated time of arrival for these types of possible updates.

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EN: How to differentiate docker containers in stackdriver logging?

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