About this format
The docker inspect command outputs deep JSON structures containing everything about a container or image.
Example Data
[
{
"Id": "abc123xyz",
"State": {
"Status": "running",
"Running": true
},
"NetworkSettings": {
"IPAddress": "172.17.0.2"
}
}
]When to use docker inspect output
- Extracting container IP addresses
- Checking container health
- Automating deployments