Inspecting Containers
Explore how to use the Docker inspect command to query detailed metadata on containers, networks, and volumes. Learn to extract container IDs, IP addresses, environment variables, network subnets, and volume host locations. This lesson equips you to navigate and troubleshoot Docker environments effectively.
What is Docker inspect?
Docker inspect can be described as a command function in Docker that aids with the metadata of the object in the Docker environment. The kind of information it provides on the metadata can include the time of the creation of a container, its location in host files, labels, subnet, gateway, or IP addresses.
There are various objects to inspect in Docker:
Container
Network
Images
Volumes
Plugins ...