% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014
docker-inspect - Return low-level information on a container or image
docker inspect [--help] [-f|--format[=FORMAT]] [--type=container|image] CONTAINER|IMAGE [CONTAINER|IMAGE...]
This displays all the information available in Docker for a given container or image. By default, this will render all results in a JSON array. If a format is specified, the given template will be executed for each result.
--help Print usage statement
-f, --format="" Format the output using the given Go template.
--type=container|image Return JSON for specified type, permissible values are "image" or "container"
Getting information on an image where image name conflict with the container name, e,g both image and container are named rhel7.
$ docker inspect --type=image rhel7
[
{
"Id": "fe01a428b9d9de35d29531e9994157978e8c48fa693e1bf1d221dffbbb67b170",
"Parent": "10acc31def5d6f249b548e01e8ffbaccfd61af0240c17315a7ad393d022c5ca2",
....
}
]
To get information on a container use its ID or instance name:
$ docker inspect d2cc496561d6
[{
"Id": "d2cc496561d6d520cbc0236b4ba88c362c446a7619992123f11c809cded25b47",
"Created": "2015-06-08T16:18:02.505155285Z",
"Path": "bash",
"Args": [],
"State": {
"Running": false,
"Paused": false,
"Restarting": false,
"OOMKilled": false,
"Dead": false,
"Pid": 0,
"ExitCode": 0,
"Error": "",
"StartedAt": "2015-06-08T16:18:03.643865954Z",
"FinishedAt": "2015-06-08T16:57:06.448552862Z"
},
"Image": "ded7cd95e059788f2586a51c275a4f151653779d6a7f4dad77c2bd34601d94e4",
"NetworkSettings": {
"Bridge": "",
"EndpointID": "",
"Gateway": "",
"GlobalIPv6Address": "",
"GlobalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
"HairpinMode": false,
"IPAddress": "",
"IPPrefixLen": 0,
"IPv6Gateway": "",
"LinkLocalIPv6Address": "",
"LinkLocalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
"MacAddress": "",
"NetworkID": "",
"PortMapping": null,
"Ports": null,
"SandboxKey": "",
"SecondaryIPAddresses": null,
"SecondaryIPv6Addresses": null
},
"ResolvConfPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/d2cc496561d6d520cbc0236b4ba88c362c446a7619992123f11c809cded25b47/resolv.conf",
"HostnamePath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/d2cc496561d6d520cbc0236b4ba88c362c446a7619992123f11c809cded25b47/hostname",
"HostsPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/d2cc496561d6d520cbc0236b4ba88c362c446a7619992123f11c809cded25b47/hosts",
"LogPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/d2cc496561d6d520cbc0236b4ba88c362c446a7619992123f11c809cded25b47/d2cc496561d6d520cbc0236b4ba88c362c446a7619992123f11c809cded25b47-json.log",
"Name": "/adoring_wozniak",
"RestartCount": 0,
"Driver": "devicemapper",
"ExecDriver": "native-0.2",
"MountLabel": "",
"ProcessLabel": "",
"Mounts": [
{
"Source": "/data",
"Destination": "/data",
"Mode": "ro,Z",
"RW": false
}
],
"AppArmorProfile": "",
"ExecIDs": null,
"HostConfig": {
"Binds": null,
"ContainerIDFile": "",
"LxcConf": [],
"Memory": 0,
"MemorySwap": 0,
"CpuShares": 0,
"CpuPeriod": 0,
"CpusetCpus": "",
"CpusetMems": "",
"CpuQuota": 0,
"BlkioWeight": 0,
"OomKillDisable": false,
"Privileged": false,
"PortBindings": {},
"Links": null,
"PublishAllPorts": false,
"Dns": null,
"DnsSearch": null,
"ExtraHosts": null,
"VolumesFrom": null,
"Devices": [],
"NetworkMode": "bridge",
"IpcMode": "",
"PidMode": "",
"UTSMode": "",
"CapAdd": null,
"CapDrop": null,
"RestartPolicy": {
"Name": "no",
"MaximumRetryCount": 0
},
"SecurityOpt": null,
"ReadonlyRootfs": false,
"Ulimits": null,
"LogConfig": {
"Type": "json-file",
"Config": {}
},
"CgroupParent": ""
},
"GraphDriver": {
"Name": "devicemapper",
"Data": {
"DeviceId": "5",
"DeviceName": "docker-253:1-2763198-d2cc496561d6d520cbc0236b4ba88c362c446a7619992123f11c809cded25b47",
"DeviceSize": "171798691840"
}
},
"Config": {
"Hostname": "d2cc496561d6",
"Domainname": "",
"User": "",
"AttachStdin": true,
"AttachStdout": true,
"AttachStderr": true,
"ExposedPorts": null,
"Tty": true,
"OpenStdin": true,
"StdinOnce": true,
"Env": null,
"Cmd": [
"bash"
],
"Image": "fedora",
"Volumes": null,
"VolumeDriver": "",
"WorkingDir": "",
"Entrypoint": null,
"NetworkDisabled": false,
"MacAddress": "",
"OnBuild": null,
"Labels": {},
"Memory": 0,
"MemorySwap": 0,
"CpuShares": 0,
"Cpuset": ""
}
}
]
To get the IP address of a container use:
$ docker inspect --format='{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}' d2cc496561d6
172.17.0.2
One can loop over arrays and maps in the results to produce simple text output:
$ docker inspect --format='{{range $p, $conf := .NetworkSettings.Ports}} \
{{$p}} -> {{(index $conf 0).HostPort}} {{end}}' d2cc496561d6
80/tcp -> 80
You can get more information about how to write a Go template from: https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/.
Use an image's ID or name (e.g., repository/name[:tag]) to get information on it.
$ docker inspect ded7cd95e059
[{
"Id": "ded7cd95e059788f2586a51c275a4f151653779d6a7f4dad77c2bd34601d94e4",
"Parent": "48ecf305d2cf7046c1f5f8fcbcd4994403173441d4a7f125b1bb0ceead9de731",
"Comment": "",
"Created": "2015-05-27T16:58:22.937503085Z",
"Container": "76cf7f67d83a7a047454b33007d03e32a8f474ad332c3a03c94537edd22b312b",
"ContainerConfig": {
"Hostname": "76cf7f67d83a",
"Domainname": "",
"User": "",
"AttachStdin": false,
"AttachStdout": false,
"AttachStderr": false,
"ExposedPorts": null,
"Tty": false,
"OpenStdin": false,
"StdinOnce": false,
"Env": null,
"Cmd": [
"/bin/sh",
"-c",
"#(nop) ADD file:4be46382bcf2b095fcb9fe8334206b584eff60bb3fad8178cbd97697fcb2ea83 in /"
],
"Image": "48ecf305d2cf7046c1f5f8fcbcd4994403173441d4a7f125b1bb0ceead9de731",
"Volumes": null,
"VolumeDriver": "",
"WorkingDir": "",
"Entrypoint": null,
"NetworkDisabled": false,
"MacAddress": "",
"OnBuild": null,
"Labels": {}
},
"DockerVersion": "1.6.0",
"Author": "Lokesh Mandvekar \u[email protected]\u003e",
"Config": {
"Hostname": "76cf7f67d83a",
"Domainname": "",
"User": "",
"AttachStdin": false,
"AttachStdout": false,
"AttachStderr": false,
"ExposedPorts": null,
"Tty": false,
"OpenStdin": false,
"StdinOnce": false,
"Env": null,
"Cmd": null,
"Image": "48ecf305d2cf7046c1f5f8fcbcd4994403173441d4a7f125b1bb0ceead9de731",
"Volumes": null,
"VolumeDriver": "",
"WorkingDir": "",
"Entrypoint": null,
"NetworkDisabled": false,
"MacAddress": "",
"OnBuild": null,
"Labels": {}
},
"Architecture": "amd64",
"Os": "linux",
"Size": 186507296,
"VirtualSize": 186507296,
"GraphDriver": {
"Name": "devicemapper",
"Data": {
"DeviceId": "3",
"DeviceName": "docker-253:1-2763198-ded7cd95e059788f2586a51c275a4f151653779d6a7f4dad77c2bd34601d94e4",
"DeviceSize": "171798691840"
}
}
}
]
April 2014, originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit [email protected] April 2015, updated by Qiang Huang [email protected]