# File beats in docker. How to access host logs?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beats-in-docker-how-to-access-host-logs/127313
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [April 9, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beats-in-docker-how-to-access-host-logs/127313 "2018-04-09T11:31:04Z")
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#### Post date: [April 9, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beats-in-docker-how-to-access-host-logs/127313/2 "2018-04-09T16:54:32Z")

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Exactly. Log files of the host are are available under `/var/lib/docker/containers`. You need to mount this in order to access them and use `docker` prospector to read.

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