# system.util.getLogger not working in container

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-getlogger-not-working-in-container/113494>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition83, docker\
**Created:** [January 22, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-getlogger-not-working-in-container/113494 "2026-01-22T19:38:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![pcouture-ringuette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@pcouture-ringuette](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pcouture-ringuette)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-getlogger-not-working-in-container/113494/1 "2026-01-22T19:38:37Z")

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I have a Gateway installed in a Docker container, and it seems I can’t get a message from system.util.getLogger() to show. In parallel, is it possible to make the logs appears on the gateway webpage like if the gateway was installed directly on the OS?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-getlogger-not-working-in-container/113494/2 "2026-01-22T19:40:46Z")

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Where are you trying to log from?

> [@pcouture-ringuette](#):
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> In parallel, is it possible to make the logs appears on the gateway webpage like if the gateway was installed directly on the OS?

They do, what are you seeing on the logs page?

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**Author:** ![pcouture-ringuette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@pcouture-ringuette](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pcouture-ringuette)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-getlogger-not-working-in-container/113494/3 "2026-01-22T19:52:04Z")

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I am trying from a Perspective client, and a Session Event script and both don’t appear. FYI, on the gateway webpage, I don’t see any logs from anything.

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**Author:** ![tgarrison](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tgarrison/32/80965_2.png) [@tgarrison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tgarrison)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-getlogger-not-working-in-container/113494/4 "2026-01-22T21:03:28Z")

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There should be zero difference for this stuff between docker and native. What image are you running?

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**Author:** ![pcouture-ringuette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@pcouture-ringuette](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pcouture-ringuette)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-getlogger-not-working-in-container/113494/5 "2026-01-22T21:08:43Z")

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**Author:** ![tgarrison](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tgarrison/32/80965_2.png) [@tgarrison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tgarrison)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-getlogger-not-working-in-container/113494/6 "2026-01-22T21:09:50Z")

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That should work fine. I'm running the same in a bunch of containers and it's working fine. I'm running Docker V29 on Ubuntu.

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**Author:** ![tgarrison](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tgarrison/32/80965_2.png) [@tgarrison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tgarrison)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-getlogger-not-working-in-container/113494/7 "2026-01-22T21:11:16Z")

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If your system updated to V29 from an earlier version - it may be broke. V29 had breaking changes in it, and at least on my system, it also failed to update something properly.. I had to uninstall docker completely, and then install directly to V29.