docker/cli · error

invalid logging opts for driver %s

Error message

invalid logging opts for driver %s

What it means

Error "invalid logging opts for driver %s" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at cli/command/container/opts.go:923

			for param := range strings.SplitSeq(publish, ",") {
				k, v, ok := strings.Cut(param, "=")
				if !ok || k == "" {
					return optsList, fmt.Errorf("invalid publish opts format (should be name=value but got '%s')", param)
				}
				params[k] = v
			}
			optsList = append(optsList, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s/%s", params["published"], params["target"], params["protocol"]))
		} else {
			optsList = append(optsList, publish)
		}
	}
	return optsList, nil
}

func parseLoggingOpts(loggingDriver string, loggingOpts []string) (map[string]string, error) {
	loggingOptsMap := opts.ConvertKVStringsToMap(loggingOpts)
	if loggingDriver == "none" && len(loggingOpts) > 0 {
		return map[string]string{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid logging opts for driver %s", loggingDriver)
	}
	return loggingOptsMap, nil
}

// takes a local seccomp daemon, reads the file contents for sending to the daemon
func parseSecurityOpts(securityOpts []string) ([]string, error) {
	for key, opt := range securityOpts {
		k, v, ok := strings.Cut(opt, "=")
		if !ok && k != "no-new-privileges" {
			k, v, ok = strings.Cut(opt, ":")
		}
		if (!ok || v == "") && k != "no-new-privileges" {
			// "no-new-privileges" is the only option that does not require a value.
			return securityOpts, fmt.Errorf("invalid --security-opt: %q", opt)
		}
		if k == "seccomp" {
			switch v {
			case seccompProfileDefault, seccompProfileUnconfined:

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/command/container/opts.go:923 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of docker/cli@e9452d6e78 (2026-08-01). Data as JSON: /data/errors/6291512512db094b.json. Report an issue: GitHub.