podman-image-inspect(1)

NAME

podman-image-inspect - Display an image's configuration

SYNOPSIS

podman image inspect [options] image [image ...]

DESCRIPTION

This displays the low-level information on images identified by name or ID. By default, this renders all results in a JSON array. If a format is specified, the given template is executed for each result.

OPTIONS

  --format, -f=format

Format the output using the given Go template. The keys of the returned JSON can be used as the values for the --format flag (see examples below).

Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:
Placeholder | Description
.Annotations | Annotation information included in the image
.Architecture | Architecture of software in the image
.Author | Image author
.Comment | Image comment
.Config ... | Structure with config info
.Created | Image creation time (string, ISO3601)
.Digest | Image digest (sha256:+64-char hash)
.GraphDriver ... | Structure for the graph driver info
.HealthCheck ... | Structure for the health check info
.History | History information stored in image
.ID | Image ID (full 64-char hash)
.Labels | Label information included in the image
.ManifestType | Manifest type of the image
.NamesHistory | Name history information stored in image
.Os | Operating system of software in the image
.Parent | Parent image of the specified image
.RepoDigests | Repository digests for the image
.RepoTags | Repository tags for the image
.RootFS ... | Structure for the root file system info
.Size | Size of image, in bytes
.User | Default user to execute the image as
.Version | Image Version
.VirtualSize | Virtual size of image, in bytes

EXAMPLE
    $ podman image inspect fedora
    [
        {
            "Id": "37e5619f4a8ca9dbc4d6c0ae7890625674a10dbcfb76201399e2aaddb40da17d",
            "Digest": "sha256:1b0d4ddd99b1a8c8a80e885aafe6034c95f266da44ead992aab388e6aa91611a",
            "RepoTags": [
                "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest"
            ],
            "RepoDigests": [
                "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora@sha256:1b0d4ddd99b1a8c8a80e885aafe6034c95f266da44ead992aab388e6aa91611a",
                "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora@sha256:b5290db40008aae9272ad3a6bd8070ef7ecd547c3bef014b894c327960acc582"
            ],
            "Parent": "",
            "Comment": "Created by Image Factory",
            "Created": "2021-08-09T05:48:47Z",
            "Config": {
                "Env": [
                    "DISTTAG=f34container",
                    "FGC=f34",
                    "container=oci"
                ],
                "Cmd": [
                    "/bin/bash"
                ],
                "Labels": {
                    "license": "MIT",
                    "name": "fedora",
                    "vendor": "Fedora Project",
                    "version": "34"
                }
            },
            "Version": "1.10.1",
            "Author": "",
            "Architecture": "amd64",
            "Os": "linux",
            "Size": 183852302,
            "VirtualSize": 183852302,
            "GraphDriver": {
                "Name": "overlay",
                "Data": {
                    "UpperDir": "/home/dwalsh/.local/share/containers/storage/overlay/0203e243f1ca4b6bb49371ecd21363212467ec6d7d3fa9f324cd4e78cc6b5fa2/diff",
                    "WorkDir": "/home/dwalsh/.local/share/containers/storage/overlay/0203e243f1ca4b6bb49371ecd21363212467ec6d7d3fa9f324cd4e78cc6b5fa2/work"
                }
            },
            "RootFS": {
                "Type": "layers",
                "Layers": [
                    "sha256:0203e243f1ca4b6bb49371ecd21363212467ec6d7d3fa9f324cd4e78cc6b5fa2"
                ]
            },
            "Labels": {
                "license": "MIT",
                "name": "fedora",
                "vendor": "Fedora Project",
                "version": "34"
            },
            "Annotations": {},
            "ManifestType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
            "User": "",
            "History": [
                {
                    "created": "2021-08-09T05:48:47Z",
                    "comment": "Created by Image Factory"
                }
            ],
            "NamesHistory": [
                "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest"
            ]
        }
    ]
    $ podman image inspect --format '{{ .Id }}' fedora
    37e5619f4a8ca9dbc4d6c0ae7890625674a10dbcfb76201399e2aaddb40da17d

SEE ALSO

podman(1)(podman.1.md), podman-image(1)(podman-image.1.md), podman-inspect(1)(podman-inspect.1.md)

HISTORY

Sep 2021, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh dwalsh@redhat.com ⟨mailto:dwalsh@redhat.com⟩