podman-volume-inspect(1) General Commands Manual podman-volume-inspect(1)
NAME
podman-volume-inspect - Get detailed information on one or more volumes
SYNOPSIS
podman volume inspect [options] volume [...]
DESCRIPTION
Display detailed information on one or more volumes. The output can be
formatted using the --format flag and a Go template. To get detailed in-
formation 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 Lib- │
│ │ pod 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 desti- │
│ │ nation 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
SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-volume(1), podman-inspect(1)
HISTORY
November 2018, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani umohnani@red-
hat.com ⟨mailto:umohnani@redhat.com⟩
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