docker volume inspect

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Description

Display detailed information on one or more volumes

API 1.21+ The client and daemon API must both be at least 1.21 to use this command. Use the docker version command on the client to check your client and daemon API versions.

Usage

docker volume inspect [OPTIONS] VOLUME [VOLUME...]

Options

Name, shorthand	Default	Description
`--format , -f`		Format the output using the given Go template

Parent command

Command	Description
docker volume	Manage volumes

Command	Description
docker volume create	Create a volume
docker volume inspect	Display detailed information on one or more volumes
docker volume ls	List volumes
docker volume prune	Remove all unused volumes
docker volume rm	Remove one or more volumes

Extended 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.

Examples

$ docker volume create
85bffb0677236974f93955d8ecc4df55ef5070117b0e53333cc1b443777be24d
$ docker volume inspect 85bffb0677236974f93955d8ecc4df55ef5070117b0e53333cc1b443777be24d
[
  {
      "Name": "85bffb0677236974f93955d8ecc4df55ef5070117b0e53333cc1b443777be24d",
      "Driver": "local",
      "Mountpoint": "/var/lib/docker/volumes/85bffb0677236974f93955d8ecc4df55ef5070117b0e53333cc1b443777be24d/_data",
      "Status": null
  }
]

$ docker volume inspect --format '{{ .Mountpoint }}' 85bffb0677236974f93955d8ecc4df55ef5070117b0e53333cc1b443777be24d
/var/lib/docker/volumes/85bffb0677236974f93955d8ecc4df55ef5070117b0e53333cc1b443777be24d/_data