How to fix Error response from daemon: error reading log file: file size exceeds limit in Docker

# List containers with their log paths
docker inspect --format='{{.Name}} {{.LogPath}}' $(docker ps -aq)

# Check log file sizes
sudo du -sh /var/lib/docker/containers/*/*-json.log | sort -h

# Or check a specific container's log size
docker inspect --format='{{.LogPath}}' <container_id> | xargs sudo ls -lh

# Get the log file path for your container
LOG_PATH=$(docker inspect --format='{{.LogPath}}' <container_id>)

# Truncate the log file (clears contents but keeps file)
sudo truncate -s 0 "$LOG_PATH"

# Alternative using cat
sudo cat /dev/null > "$LOG_PATH"

# Create or edit daemon.json
sudo nano /etc/docker/daemon.json

{
  "log-driver": "json-file",
  "log-opts": {
    "max-size": "10m",
    "max-file": "3"
  }
}

sudo systemctl restart docker

docker run -d \
  --log-driver json-file \
  --log-opt max-size=10m \
  --log-opt max-file=5 \
  your-image:tag

version: '3.8'
services:
  app:
    image: your-app:latest
    logging:
      driver: "json-file"
      options:
        max-size: "50m"
        max-file: "5"

  database:
    image: postgres:15
    logging:
      driver: "json-file"
      options:
        max-size: "20m"
        max-file: "3"

docker-compose down
docker-compose up -d

# For docker-compose
docker-compose down
docker-compose up -d

# For standalone containers, stop and remove, then run with new settings
docker stop <container_id>
docker rm <container_id>
docker run -d --log-opt max-size=10m --log-opt max-file=3 your-image:tag

docker inspect --format='{{.HostConfig.LogConfig}}' <container_id>

# Check container's log configuration
docker inspect <container_id> --format='{{json .HostConfig.LogConfig}}' | jq

# Monitor log file sizes over time
watch -n 60 'sudo du -sh /var/lib/docker/containers/*/*-json.log | sort -h'