run_redis_container.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import docker

cli = docker.Client(base_url='unix://var/run/docker.sock')

try:
    response = cli.inspect_container(container='redis')
except docker.errors.NotFound:
    pass
else:
    cli.remove_container(container='redis', force=True)

cli.create_container(
    image='redis',
    name='redis',
    host_config = {
        'log_config': {
            'type': 'json-file',
            'config': {}
        }
    }
)
cli.start(container='redis')
response = cli.inspect_container(container='redis')
print response['HostConfig']['LogConfig']