# Docker metrics

The *Docker* input plugin you collect Docker container metrics, including memory usage and CPU consumption.

## Configuration parameters

The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:

| Key               | Description                                                                                                   | Default                      |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| `Interval_Sec`    | Polling interval in seconds                                                                                   | `1`                          |
| `Include`         | A space-separated list of containers to include.                                                              | *none*                       |
| `Exclude`         | A space-separated list of containers to exclude.                                                              | *none*                       |
| `Threaded`        | Indicates whether to run this input in its own [thread](/manual/4.0/administration/multithreading.md#inputs). | `false`                      |
| `path.containers` | Used to specify the container directory if Docker is configured with a custom `data-root` directory.          | `/var/lib/docker/containers` |

If you set neither `Include` nor `Exclude`, the plugin will try to get metrics from all running containers.

## Configuration file

The following example configuration collects metrics from two docker instances (`6bab19c3a0f9` and `14159be4ca2c`).

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="fluent-bit.yaml" %}

```yaml
pipeline:
  inputs:
    - name: docker
      include: 6bab19c3a0f9 14159be4ca2c

  outputs:
    - name: stdout
      match: '*'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="fluent-bit.conf" %}

```
[INPUT]
  Name         docker
  Include      6bab19c3a0f9 14159be4ca2c

[OUTPUT]
  Name   stdout
  Match  *
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

This configuration will produce records like the following:

```
[1] docker.0: [1571994772.00555745, {"id"=>"6bab19c3a0f9", "name"=>"postgresql", "cpu_used"=>172102435, "mem_used"=>5693400, "mem_limit"=>4294963200}]
```


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