github.com/khulnasoft/cli@v0.0.0-20240402070845-01bcad7beefa/docs/reference/commandline/config_inspect.md (about) 1 # config inspect 2 3 <!---MARKER_GEN_START--> 4 Display detailed information on one or more configs 5 6 ### Options 7 8 | Name | Type | Default | Description | 9 |:---------------------------------------|:---------|:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 10 | [`-f`](#format), [`--format`](#format) | `string` | | Format output using a custom template:<br>'json': Print in JSON format<br>'TEMPLATE': Print output using the given Go template.<br>Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for more information about formatting output with templates | 11 | `--pretty` | | | Print the information in a human friendly format | 12 13 14 <!---MARKER_GEN_END--> 15 16 ## Description 17 18 Inspects the specified config. 19 20 By default, this renders all results in a JSON array. If a format is specified, 21 the given template will be executed for each result. 22 23 Go's [text/template](https://pkg.go.dev/text/template) package 24 describes all the details of the format. 25 26 For detailed information about using configs, refer to [store configuration data using Docker Configs](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/configs/). 27 28 > **Note** 29 > 30 > This is a cluster management command, and must be executed on a Swarm 31 > manager node. To learn about managers and workers, refer to the 32 > [Swarm mode section](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/) in the 33 > documentation. 34 35 ## Examples 36 37 ### Inspect a config by name or ID 38 39 You can inspect a config, either by its *name*, or *ID* 40 41 For example, given the following config: 42 43 ```console 44 $ docker config ls 45 46 ID NAME CREATED UPDATED 47 eo7jnzguqgtpdah3cm5srfb97 my_config 3 minutes ago 3 minutes ago 48 ``` 49 50 ```console 51 $ docker config inspect config.json 52 ``` 53 54 The output is in JSON format, for example: 55 56 ```json 57 [ 58 { 59 "ID": "eo7jnzguqgtpdah3cm5srfb97", 60 "Version": { 61 "Index": 17 62 }, 63 "CreatedAt": "2017-03-24T08:15:09.735271783Z", 64 "UpdatedAt": "2017-03-24T08:15:09.735271783Z", 65 "Spec": { 66 "Name": "my_config", 67 "Labels": { 68 "env": "dev", 69 "rev": "20170324" 70 }, 71 "Data": "aGVsbG8K" 72 } 73 } 74 ] 75 ``` 76 77 ### <a name="format"></a> Format the output (--format) 78 79 You can use the --format option to obtain specific information about a 80 config. The following example command outputs the creation time of the 81 config. 82 83 ```console 84 $ docker config inspect --format='{{.CreatedAt}}' eo7jnzguqgtpdah3cm5srfb97 85 86 2017-03-24 08:15:09.735271783 +0000 UTC 87 ``` 88 89 ## Related commands 90 91 * [config create](config_create.md) 92 * [config ls](config_ls.md) 93 * [config rm](config_rm.md)