podman-volume-inspect - Man Page

Get detailed information on one or more volumes

Synopsis

podman volume inspect [options] volume [...]

Display detailed information on one or more volumes. The output can be formatted using the --format flag and a Go template. To get detailed information about all the existing volumes, use the --all flag. Volumes can be queried individually by providing their full name or a unique partial name.

Options

--all, -a

Inspect all volumes.

--format, -f=format

Format volume output using Go template

Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:

Placeholder	Description
.Anonymous	Indicates whether volume is anonymous
.CreatedAt ...	Volume creation time
.Driver	Volume driver
.GID	GID the volume was created with
.Labels ...	Label information associated with the volume
.LockNumber	Number of the volume's Libpod lock
.MountCount	Number of times the volume is mounted
.Mountpoint	Source of volume mount point
.Name	Volume name
.NeedsChown	Indicates volume will be chowned on next use
.NeedsCopyUp	Indicates data at the destination will be copied into the volume on next use
.Options ...	Volume options
.Scope	Volume scope
.Status ...	Status of the volume
.StorageID	StorageID of the volume
.Timeout	Timeout of the volume
.UID	UID the volume was created with

--help

Print usage statement

Examples

Inspect named volume.

$ podman volume inspect myvol
[
     {
          "Name": "myvol",
          "Driver": "local",
          "Mountpoint": "/home/myusername/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes/myvol/_data",
          "CreatedAt": "2023-03-13T16:26:48.423069028-04:00",
          "Labels": {},
          "Scope": "local",
          "Options": {},
          "MountCount": 0,
          "NeedsCopyUp": true,
          "NeedsChown": true
     }
]

Inspect all volumes.

$ podman volume inspect --all
[
     {
          "Name": "myvol",
          "Driver": "local",
          "Mountpoint": "/home/myusername/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes/myvol/_data",
          "CreatedAt": "2023-03-13T16:26:48.423069028-04:00",
          "Labels": {},
          "Scope": "local",
          "Options": {},
          "MountCount": 0,
          "NeedsCopyUp": true,
          "NeedsChown": true
     }
]

Inspect named volume and display its Driver and Scope field.

$ podman volume inspect --format "{{.Driver}} {{.Scope}}" myvol
local local

History

November 2018, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani umohnani@redhat.com ⟨mailto:umohnani@redhat.com⟩

Referenced By

podman-inspect(1), podman-volume(1), podman-volume-rename(1).

The man page docker-volume-inspect(1) is an alias of podman-volume-inspect(1).