Follow logs on a docker container on a remote server

📑 How to
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To follow the log files in a container on a dedicated server:

ssh -t <servername> "sudo docker container logs <containername> --follow"

This assumes you have a ssh keypair set up on your server. (ssh-keygen -t ed25519 copy the pvt key to your workstation .ssh folder and create an entry in .ssh/config)

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In case of Nextcloud Docker community image (likely AiO as well) this logs don’t contain application log aka nextcloud.log and only show webserver log.

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