How to Inspect Docker Volume?

Docker volume is a way to maintain and share data between Docker containers and host machines. This is a feature provided by Docker that enables users to manage data for Docker containers. While working on Docker, users create several Docker volumes and they can also inspect them to display and view their detailed information. Moreover, inspecting Docker volumes helps developers to troubleshoot issues with volumes.

This blog will illustrate the procedure for inspecting Docker volume.

How to Inspect Docker Volume?

To inspect Docker volume, follow the provided steps:

• Open desired Windows Terminal.
• List all Docker volumes.
• Choose a particular Docker volume.
• Inspect the selected volume using the “docker volume inspect <volume-name>” command.

Step 1: List Docker Volumes

First, display all the Docker volumes and choose the particular volume:

From the given output, we have selected the “test” Docker volume:

Step 2: Inspect Docker Volume

Then, inspect the selected Docker volume to view its detailed information using the below-listed command:

The below output displays the detailed information including the creation date and time, name, location, scope, etc., of the “test” Docker volume:

We have explained the easiest way to inspect the Docker Volume.

Conclusion

To inspect the Docker volume, first, list all Docker volumes and select a particular Docker volume that needs to be inspected. Then, execute the “docker volume inspect <volume-name>” command to display the detailed information of the selected Docker volume. This blog illustrated the procedure to inspect Docker volume.