NAME

podman-container-inspect - Display a container’s configuration

SYNOPSIS

podman container inspect [options] container [container …]

DESCRIPTION

This displays the low-level information on containers identified by name or ID. 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.

OPTIONS

--format, -f=format

Format the output using the given Go template. The keys of the returned JSON can be used as the values for the --format flag (see examples below).

Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:

Placeholder

Description

.AppArmorProfile

AppArmor profile (string)

.Args

Command-line arguments (array of strings)

.BoundingCaps

Bounding capability set (array of strings)

.Config …

Structure with config info

.ConmonPidFile

Path to file containing conmon pid (string)

.Created

Container creation time (string, ISO3601)

.Dependencies

Dependencies (array of strings)

.Driver

Storage driver (string)

.EffectiveCaps

Effective capability set (array of strings)

.ExecIDs

Exec IDs (array of strings)

.GraphDriver …

Further details of graph driver (struct)

.HostConfig …

Host config details (struct)

.HostnamePath

Path to file containing hostname (string)

.HostsPath

Path to container /etc/hosts file (string)

.ID

Container ID (full 64-char hash)

.Image

Container image ID (64-char hash)

.ImageName

Container image name (string)

.IsInfra

Is this an infra container? (string: true/false)

.IsService

Is this a service container? (string: true/false)

.MountLabel

SELinux label of mount (string)

.Mounts

Mounts (array of strings)

.Name

Container name (string)

.Namespace

Container namespace (string)

.NetworkSettings …

Network settings (struct)

.OCIConfigPath

Path to OCI config file (string)

.OCIRuntime

OCI runtime name (string)

.Path

Path to container command (string)

.PidFile

Path to file containing container PID (string)

.Pod

Parent pod (string)

.ProcessLabel

SELinux label of process (string)

.ResolvConfPath

Path to container’s resolv.conf file (string)

.RestartCount

Number of times container has been restarted (int)

.Rootfs

Container rootfs (string)

.SizeRootFs

Size of rootfs, in bytes [1]

.SizeRw

Size of upper (R/W) container layer, in bytes [1]

.State …

Container state info (struct)

.StaticDir

Path to container metadata dir (string)

[1] This format specifier requires the --size option

--latest, -l

Instead of providing the container name or ID, use the last created container. If you use methods other than Podman to run containers such as CRI-O, the last started container could be from either of those methods.

(This option is not available with the remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines.)

--size, -s

In addition to normal output, display the total file size if the type is a container.

EXAMPLE

$ podman container inspect foobar
[
    {
        "Id": "99f66530fe9c7249f7cf29f78e8661669d5831cbe4ee80ea757d5e922dd6a8a6",
        "Created": "2021-09-16T06:09:08.936623325-04:00",
        "Path": "echo",
        "Args": [
            "hi"
        ],
        "State": {
            "OciVersion": "1.0.2-dev",
            "Status": "exited",
            "Running": false,
            "Paused": false,
            "Restarting": false,
            "OOMKilled": false,
            "Dead": false,
            "Pid": 0,
            "ExitCode": 0,
            "Error": "",
            "StartedAt": "2021-09-16T06:09:09.033564436-04:00",
            "FinishedAt": "2021-09-16T06:09:09.036184314-04:00",
            "Healthcheck": {
                "Status": "",
                "FailingStreak": 0,
                "Log": null
            }
        },
        "Image": "14119a10abf4669e8cdbdff324a9f9605d99697215a0d21c360fe8dfa8471bab",
        "ImageName": "docker.io/library/alpine:latest",
        "Rootfs": "",
        "Pod": "",
        "ResolvConfPath": "/run/user/3267/containers/overlay-containers/99f66530fe9c7249f7cf29f78e8661669d5831cbe4ee80ea757d5e922dd6a8a6/userdata/resolv.conf",
        "HostnamePath": "/run/user/3267/containers/overlay-containers/99f66530fe9c7249f7cf29f78e8661669d5831cbe4ee80ea757d5e922dd6a8a6/userdata/hostname",
        "HostsPath": "/run/user/3267/containers/overlay-containers/99f66530fe9c7249f7cf29f78e8661669d5831cbe4ee80ea757d5e922dd6a8a6/userdata/hosts",
        "StaticDir": "/home/dwalsh/.local/share/containers/storage/overlay-containers/99f66530fe9c7249f7cf29f78e8661669d5831cbe4ee80ea757d5e922dd6a8a6/userdata",
        "OCIConfigPath": "/home/dwalsh/.local/share/containers/storage/overlay-containers/99f66530fe9c7249f7cf29f78e8661669d5831cbe4ee80ea757d5e922dd6a8a6/userdata/config.json",
        "OCIRuntime": "crun",
        "ConmonPidFile": "/run/user/3267/containers/overlay-containers/99f66530fe9c7249f7cf29f78e8661669d5831cbe4ee80ea757d5e922dd6a8a6/userdata/conmon.pid",
        "PidFile": "/run/user/3267/containers/overlay-containers/99f66530fe9c7249f7cf29f78e8661669d5831cbe4ee80ea757d5e922dd6a8a6/userdata/pidfile",
        "Name": "foobar",
        "RestartCount": 0,
        "Driver": "overlay",
        "MountLabel": "system_u:object_r:container_file_t:s0:c25,c695",
        "ProcessLabel": "system_u:system_r:container_t:s0:c25,c695",
        "AppArmorProfile": "",
        "EffectiveCaps": [
            "CAP_CHOWN",
            "CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE",
            "CAP_FOWNER",
            "CAP_FSETID",
            "CAP_KILL",
            "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE",
            "CAP_SETFCAP",
            "CAP_SETGID",
            "CAP_SETPCAP",
            "CAP_SETUID",
            "CAP_SYS_CHROOT"
        ],
        "BoundingCaps": [
            "CAP_CHOWN",
            "CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE",
            "CAP_FOWNER",
            "CAP_FSETID",
            "CAP_KILL",
            "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE",
            "CAP_SETFCAP",
            "CAP_SETGID",
            "CAP_SETPCAP",
            "CAP_SETUID",
            "CAP_SYS_CHROOT"
        ],
        "ExecIDs": [],
        "GraphDriver": {
            "Name": "overlay",
            "Data": {
                "LowerDir": "/home/dwalsh/.local/share/containers/storage/overlay/e2eb06d8af8218cfec8210147357a68b7e13f7c485b991c288c2d01dc228bb68/diff",
                "UpperDir": "/home/dwalsh/.local/share/containers/storage/overlay/8f3d70434a3db17410ec4710caf4f251f3e4ed0a96a08124e4b3d4af0a0ea300/diff",
                "WorkDir": "/home/dwalsh/.local/share/containers/storage/overlay/8f3d70434a3db17410ec4710caf4f251f3e4ed0a96a08124e4b3d4af0a0ea300/work"
            }
        },
        "Mounts": [],
        "Dependencies": [],
        "NetworkSettings": {
            "EndpointID": "",
            "Gateway": "",
            "IPAddress": "",
            "IPPrefixLen": 0,
            "IPv6Gateway": "",
            "GlobalIPv6Address": "",
            "GlobalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
            "MacAddress": "",
            "Bridge": "",
            "SandboxID": "",
            "HairpinMode": false,
            "LinkLocalIPv6Address": "",
            "LinkLocalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
            "Ports": {},
            "SandboxKey": ""
        },
        "Namespace": "",
        "IsInfra": false,
        "Config": {
            "Hostname": "99f66530fe9c",
            "Domainname": "",
            "User": "",
            "AttachStdin": false,
            "AttachStdout": false,
            "AttachStderr": false,
            "Tty": false,
            "OpenStdin": false,
            "StdinOnce": false,
            "Env": [
                "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin",
                "TERM=xterm",
                "container=podman",
                "HOME=/root",
                "HOSTNAME=99f66530fe9c"
            ],
            "Cmd": [
                "echo",
                "hi"
            ],
            "Image": "docker.io/library/alpine:latest",
            "Volumes": null,
            "WorkingDir": "/",
            "Entrypoint": "",
            "OnBuild": null,
            "Labels": null,
            "Annotations": {
                "io.container.manager": "libpod",
                "io.kubernetes.cri-o.Created": "2021-09-16T06:09:08.936623325-04:00",
                "io.kubernetes.cri-o.TTY": "false",
                "io.podman.annotations.autoremove": "FALSE",
                "io.podman.annotations.init": "FALSE",
                "io.podman.annotations.privileged": "FALSE",
                "io.podman.annotations.publish-all": "FALSE",
                "org.opencontainers.image.stopSignal": "15"
            },
            "StopSignal": 15,
            "CreateCommand": [
                "podman",
                "run",
                "--name",
                "foobar",
                "alpine",
                "echo",
                "hi"
            ],
            "Timezone": "local",
            "Umask": "0022",
            "Timeout": 0,
            "StopTimeout": 10
        },
        "HostConfig": {
            "Binds": [],
            "CgroupManager": "systemd",
            "CgroupMode": "private",
            "ContainerIDFile": "",
            "LogConfig": {
                "Type": "journald",
                "Config": null,
                "Path": "",
                "Tag": "",
                "Size": "0B"
            },
            "NetworkMode": "slirp4netns",
            "PortBindings": {},
            "RestartPolicy": {
                "Name": "",
                "MaximumRetryCount": 0
            },
            "AutoRemove": false,
            "VolumeDriver": "",
            "VolumesFrom": null,
            "CapAdd": [],
            "CapDrop": [
                "CAP_AUDIT_WRITE",
                "CAP_MKNOD",
                "CAP_NET_RAW"
            ],
            "Dns": [],
            "DnsOptions": [],
            "DnsSearch": [],
            "ExtraHosts": [],
            "GroupAdd": [],
            "IpcMode": "shareable",
            "Cgroup": "",
            "Cgroups": "default",
            "Links": null,
            "OomScoreAdj": 0,
            "PidMode": "private",
            "Privileged": false,
            "PublishAllPorts": false,
            "ReadonlyRootfs": false,
            "SecurityOpt": [],
            "Tmpfs": {},
            "UTSMode": "private",
            "UsernsMode": "",
            "ShmSize": 65536000,
            "Runtime": "oci",
            "ConsoleSize": [
                0,
                0
            ],
            "Isolation": "",
            "CpuShares": 0,
            "Memory": 0,
            "NanoCpus": 0,
            "CgroupParent": "user.slice",
            "BlkioWeight": 0,
            "BlkioWeightDevice": null,
            "BlkioDeviceReadBps": null,
            "BlkioDeviceWriteBps": null,
            "BlkioDeviceReadIOps": null,
            "BlkioDeviceWriteIOps": null,
            "CpuPeriod": 0,
            "CpuQuota": 0,
            "CpuRealtimePeriod": 0,
            "CpuRealtimeRuntime": 0,
            "CpusetCpus": "",
            "CpusetMems": "",
            "Devices": [],
            "DiskQuota": 0,
            "KernelMemory": 0,
            "MemoryReservation": 0,
            "MemorySwap": 0,
            "MemorySwappiness": 0,
            "OomKillDisable": false,
            "PidsLimit": 2048,
            "Ulimits": [],
            "CpuCount": 0,
            "CpuPercent": 0,
            "IOMaximumIOps": 0,
            "IOMaximumBandwidth": 0,
            "CgroupConf": null
        }
    }
]
$ podman container inspect nervous_fermi --format "{{.ImageName}}"
registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8:latest
$ podman container inspect foobar --format "{{.GraphDriver.Name}}"
overlay
$ podman container inspect --latest --format {{.EffectiveCaps}}
[CAP_CHOWN CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_FOWNER CAP_FSETID CAP_KILL CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_SETFCAP CAP_SETGID CAP_SETPCAP CAP_SETUID CAP_SYS_CHROOT]

SEE ALSO

podman(1), podman-container(1), podman-inspect(1)

HISTORY

Sep 2021, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh dwalsh@redhat.com