docker secret inspect

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Description

Display detailed information on one or more secrets

Usage

docker secret inspect [OPTIONS] SECRET [SECRET...]

Options

Name, shorthand Default Description
--format, -f   Format the output using the given Go template

Parent command

Command Description
docker secret Manage Docker secrets
Command Description
docker secret create Create a secret from a file or STDIN as content
docker secret inspect Display detailed information on one or more secrets
docker secret ls List secrets
docker secret rm Remove one or more secrets

Examples

Inspecting a secret by name or ID

You can inspect a secret, either by its name, or ID

For example, given the following secret:

$ docker secret ls
ID                          NAME                    CREATED                                   UPDATED
mhv17xfe3gh6xc4rij5orpfds   secret.json             2016-10-27 23:25:43.909181089 +0000 UTC   2016-10-27 23:25:43.909181089 +0000 UTC

$ docker secret inspect secret.json
[
    {
        "ID": "mhv17xfe3gh6xc4rij5orpfds",
            "Version": {
            "Index": 1198
        },
        "CreatedAt": "2016-10-27T23:25:43.909181089Z",
        "UpdatedAt": "2016-10-27T23:25:43.909181089Z",
        "Spec": {
            "Name": "secret.json"
        }
    }
]

Formatting secret output

You can use the –format option to obtain specific information about a secret. The following example command outputs the creation time of the secret.


$ docker secret inspect --format='{{.CreatedAt}}' mhv17xfe3gh6xc4rij5orpfds
2016-10-27 23:25:43.909181089 +0000 UTC
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