Telegram Log Driver

Docker logging driver that forwards container logs to Telegram chats via a bot.

Quick Start

# Install plugin
docker plugin install sklyarx/docker-log-driver-telegram:latest --alias telegram --grant-all-permissions

# Run container with the driver
docker run --log-driver=telegram \
  --log-opt token="<bot_token>" \
  --log-opt chat_id="<chat_id>" \
  your_image

Installation

Plugin Management

# Install
docker plugin install sklyarx/docker-log-driver-telegram:latest --alias telegram --grant-all-permissions

# Upgrade
docker plugin disable telegram --force
docker plugin upgrade telegram sklyarx/docker-log-driver-telegram:latest --grant-all-permissions
docker plugin enable telegram
systemctl restart docker

# Uninstall
docker plugin disable telegram --force
docker plugin rm telegram

Configuration

Container Level

Use with docker run:

docker run --log-driver=telegram \
    --log-opt token="<bot_token>" \
    --log-opt chat_id="<chat_id>" \
    --log-opt template="{container_name}: {log}" \
    your_image

Use with docker-compose.yml:

version: '3.8'
services:
  app:
    image: your/image
    logging:
      driver: telegram
      options:
        token: "<bot_token>"
        chat_id: "<chat_id>"
        template: "{container_name}: {log}"

Daemon Level (Default for All Containers)

Edit /etc/docker/daemon.json:

{
  "log-driver": "telegram",
  "log-opts": {
    "token": "<bot_token>",
    "chat_id": "<chat_id>"
  }
}

Restart Docker after changes: systemctl restart docker

Options

Option	Required	Default	Description
url	No	https://api.telegram.org	Telegram API URL
token	Yes		Bot API token
chat_id	Yes		Target chat ID
template	No	{log}	Message format template
filter-regex	No		Regex to filter logs
retries	No	5	Max retry attempts (0 = infinite)
timeout	No	10s	API request timeout (units: ns, us/µs, ms, s, m, h)
no-file	No	false	Disable log files (disables docker logs)
keep-file	No	false	Keep log files after container stop
mode	No	blocking	Log processing mode: blocking/non-blocking
max-buffer-size	No	1m	Max buffer size (Example values: 32, 32b, 32B, 32k, 32K, 32kb, 32Kb, 32Mb, 32Gb, 32Tb, 32Pb)
batch-enabled	No	true	Enable batch sending
batch-flush-interval	No	3s	Batch flush interval (units: ns, us/µs, ms, s, m, h)

Template Tags

To customize the log message format using the template option, you can use the following tags:

Tag	Description
{log}	Log message
{timestamp}	Log timestamp
{container_id}	Short container ID
{container_full_id}	Full container ID
{container_name}	Container name
{image_id}	Short image ID
{image_full_id}	Full image ID
{image_name}	Image name
{daemon_name}	Docker daemon name