Docker Inspect Command

Docker Command Reference

docker inspect: Retrieve metadata of containers/images.

Syntax

docker inspect [OPTIONS] NAME|ID [NAME|ID...]

OPTIONS Description:

-

-f : Specify the template file for the return value.

-

-s : Display the total file size.

-

--type : Return JSON for the specified type.

Example

Retrieve metadata for the image mysql:5.6.

tutorialpro@tutorialpro:~$ docker inspect mysql:5.6
[
    {
        "Id": "sha256:2c0964ec182ae9a045f866bbc2553087f6e42bfc16074a74fb820af235f070ec",
        "RepoTags": [
            "mysql:5.6"
        ],
        "RepoDigests": [],
        "Parent": "",
        "Comment": "",
        "Created": "2016-05-24T04:01:41.168371815Z",
        "Container": "e0924bc460ff97787f34610115e9363e6363b30b8efa406e28eb495ab199ca54",
        "ContainerConfig": {
            "Hostname": "b0cf605c7757",
            "Domainname": "",
            "User": "",
            "AttachStdin": false,
            "AttachStdout": false,
            "AttachStderr": false,
            "ExposedPorts": {
                "3306/tcp": {}
            },
...

Retrieve the IP address of the running container mymysql.

tutorialpro@tutorialpro:~$ docker inspect --format='{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' mymysql
172.17.0.3

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