# ETW logging driver — Usage

> Here is an example of how to listen to these events using the logman utility program included in most installations of Windows logman start -ets DockerContainerLogs -p "{a3693192-9ed6-46d2-a981-f8226c8363bd}" 0x0 -o trace.etl Run your container(s) with the etwlogs driver, by adding --log-driver=etwl

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Here is an example of how to listen to these events using the logman utility program included in most installations of Windows

logman start -ets DockerContainerLogs -p "{a3693192-9ed6-46d2-a981-f8226c8363bd}" 0x0 -o trace.etl Run your container(s) with the etwlogs driver, by adding --log-driver=etwlogs to the Docker run command, and generate log messages. logman stop -ets DockerContainerLogs This generates an etl file that contains the events. One way to convert this file into human-readable form is to run: tracerpt -y trace.etl.

Each ETW event contains a structured message string in this format

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
container_name: %s, image_name: %s, container_id: %s, image_id: %s, source: [stdout | stderr], log: %s
```

Details on each item in the message can be found below

Here is an example event message (output formatted for readability)

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
container_name: backstabbing_spence,
image_name: windowsservercore,
container_id: f14bb55aa862d7596b03a33251c1be7dbbec8056bbdead1da8ec5ecebbe29731,
image_id: sha256:2f9e19bd998d3565b4f345ac9aaf6e3fc555406239a4fb1b1ba879673713824b,
source: stdout,
log: Hello world!
```

A client can parse this message string to get both the log message, as well as its context information. The timestamp is also available within the ETW event.

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; &gt; This ETW provider only emits a message string, and not a specially structured &gt; ETW event. Therefore, you don't have to register a manifest file with the &gt; system to read and interpret its ETW events.

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