docker volume inspect
Description | Display detailed information on one or more volumes |
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Usage | docker volume inspect [OPTIONS] VOLUME [VOLUME...] |
Description
Returns information about a volume. By default, this command renders all results in a JSON array. You can specify an alternate format to execute a given template for each result. Go's text/template package describes all the details of the format.
Options
Option | Default | Description |
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-f, --format | Format output using a custom template: 'json': Print in JSON format 'TEMPLATE': Print output using the given Go template. Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for more information about formatting output with templates |
Examples
$ docker volume create myvolume
myvolume
Use the docker volume inspect
comment to inspect the configuration of the volume:
$ docker volume inspect myvolume
The output is in JSON format, for example:
[
{
"CreatedAt": "2020-04-19T11:00:21Z",
"Driver": "local",
"Labels": {},
"Mountpoint": "/var/lib/docker/volumes/8140a838303144125b4f54653b47ede0486282c623c3551fbc7f390cdc3e9cf5/_data",
"Name": "myvolume",
"Options": {},
"Scope": "local"
}
]
Format the output (--format)
Use the --format
flag to format the output using a Go template, for example,
to print the Mountpoint
property:
$ docker volume inspect --format '{{ .Mountpoint }}' myvolume
/var/lib/docker/volumes/myvolume/_data