DevOps/Docker/docker inspect

docker inspect CONTAINER_ID|IMAGE_ID (also available for: container, image, volume, network, node, service, or task)

  • List of mounts:
    docker inspect -f '{{ .Mounts }}' CONTAINER_NAME
    [1]
  • Restart policy:
    docker inspect --format '{{json .HostConfig.RestartPolicy}}' CONTAINER_NAME
    [2]
docker inspect example output on a CONTAINER_ID:
              $ 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": "",
                  "SandboxID": "6b4851d1903e16dd6a567bd526553a86664361f31036eaaa2f8454d6f4611f6f",
                  "HairpinMode": false,
                  "LinkLocalIPv6Address": "",
                  "LinkLocalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
                  "Ports": {},
                  "SandboxKey": "/var/run/docker/netns/6b4851d1903e",
                  "SecondaryIPAddresses": null,
                  "SecondaryIPv6Addresses": null,
                  "EndpointID": "7587b82f0dada3656fda26588aee72630c6fab1536d36e394b2bfbcf898c971d",
                  "Gateway": "172.17.0.1",
                  "GlobalIPv6Address": "",
                  "GlobalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
                  "IPAddress": "172.17.0.2",
                  "IPPrefixLen": 16,
                  "IPv6Gateway": "",
                  "MacAddress": "02:42:ac:12:00:02",
                  "Networks": {
                      "bridge": {
                          "NetworkID": "7ea29fc1412292a2d7bba362f9253545fecdfa8ce9a6e37dd10ba8bee7129812",
                          "EndpointID": "7587b82f0dada3656fda26588aee72630c6fab1536d36e394b2bfbcf898c971d",
                          "Gateway": "172.17.0.1",
                          "IPAddress": "172.17.0.2",
                          "IPPrefixLen": 16,
                          "IPv6Gateway": "",
                          "GlobalIPv6Address": "",
                          "GlobalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
                          "MacAddress": "02:42:ac:12:00:02"
                      }
                  }

              },
              "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",
              "MountLabel": "",
              "ProcessLabel": "",
              "Mounts": [
                {
                  "Source": "/data",
                  "Destination": "/data",
                  "Mode": "ro,Z",
                  "RW": false
              "Propagation": ""
                }
              ],
              "AppArmorProfile": "",
              "ExecIDs": null,
              "HostConfig": {
                  "Binds": null,
                  "ContainerIDFile": "",
                  "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,
                  "DnsOptions": 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": "",
                  "StopSignal": "SIGTERM"
              }
              }
              ]

See also

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  1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30133664/how-do-you-list-volumes-in-docker-containers
  2. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43108227/is-it-possible-to-show-the-restart-policy-of-a-running-docker-container