# Logspout not logging stdout/stderr

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/logspout-not-logging-stdout-stderr/2955>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 30, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/logspout-not-logging-stdout-stderr/2955 "2016-05-30T00:34:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![etc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/etc/32/1380_2.png) [@etc](https://forums.suse.com/u/etc)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/logspout-not-logging-stdout-stderr/2955/1 "2016-05-30T00:34:47Z")

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I’ve tried both the non-Rancher and Rancher versions of logspouts, but all seem to only log Docker messages and not the stdout/stderr of the individual containers. Is this intentional?

I’m coming from Tutum, and the installation of logspout would pipe all output.

I know it is logging, because it shows up in docker logs, but that is never piped to my syslog output.

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**Author:** ![etc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/etc/32/1380_2.png) [@etc](https://forums.suse.com/u/etc)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/logspout-not-logging-stdout-stderr/2955/2 "2016-05-30T02:04:43Z")

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This was due to the fact that -it is the default option when creating a service. I’m not sure how often -it are used to create a service, but it seems like none should be the interface default.

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**Author:** ![denise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@denise](https://forums.suse.com/u/denise)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/logspout-not-logging-stdout-stderr/2955/3 "2016-06-03T21:00:34Z")

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`-it` is automatically set because the container that we have as a default image is `ubuntu` and without it, the container wouldln’t stay up and running.

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**Author:** ![etc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/etc/32/1380_2.png) [@etc](https://forums.suse.com/u/etc)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/logspout-not-logging-stdout-stderr/2955/4 "2016-06-06T06:05:11Z")

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How many people are actually using the ubuntu image by default? It seems like an odd design choice for the interface.

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**Author:** ![denise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@denise](https://forums.suse.com/u/denise)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/logspout-not-logging-stdout-stderr/2955/5 "2016-06-08T04:15:54Z")

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To just play around with Rancher and its concepts, ubuntu is one of the simple images that most people would use to start with.

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**Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/logspout-not-logging-stdout-stderr/2955/6 "2016-06-08T12:53:22Z")

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Here are my thoughts, take them with a grain of salt:

1. Even your scenario would likely just be first use. Each subsequent use of the interface should be to bring up normal images, a vast majority of which -it is inappropriate. You’ve made an interface decision based on what _might_ be someone’s first use case, instead of on broad usage patterns.

2. If you know Docker enough to install Rancher, it’s unlikely you’re playing with Docker / Ubuntu for the first time.