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## NAME
podman\-pod\-inspect - Display information describing a pod

## SYNOPSIS
**podman pod inspect** [*options*] *pod* ...

## DESCRIPTION
Displays configuration and state information about a given pod.  It also displays information about containers
that belong to the pod.

## OPTIONS

#### **--format**, **-f**=*format*

Change the default output format.  This can be of a supported type like 'json'
or a Go template.
Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:

| **Placeholder**      | **Description**                             |
|----------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| .BlkioDeviceReadBps  | Block I/O Device Read, in bytes/sec         |
| .BlkioDeviceWriteBps | Block I/O Device Read, in bytes/sec         |
| .BlkioWeight         | Block I/O Weight                            |
| .BlkioWeightDevice   | Block I/O Device Weight                     |
| .CgroupParent        | Pod cgroup parent                           |
| .CgroupPath          | Pod cgroup path                             |
| .Containers          | Pod containers                              |
| .CPUPeriod           | CPU period                                  |
| .CPUQuota            | CPU quota                                   |
| .CPUSetCPUs          | CPU Set CPUs                                |
| .CPUSetMems          | CPU Set Mems                                |
| .CPUShares           | CPU Shares                                  |
| .CreateCgroup        | Whether cgroup was created                  |
| .CreateCommand       | Create command                              |
| .Created ...         | Time when the pod was created               |
| .CreateInfra         | Whether infrastructure created              |
| .Devices             | Devices                                     |
| .ExitPolicy          | Exit policy                                 |
| .Hostname            | Pod hostname                                |
| .ID                  | Pod ID                                      |
| .InfraConfig ...     | Infra config (contains further fields)      |
| .InfraContainerID    | Pod infrastructure ID                       |
| .InspectPodData ...  | Nested structure, for experts only          |
| .Labels ...          | Pod labels                                  |
| .LockNumber          | Number of the pod's Libpod lock             |
| .MemoryLimit         | Memory limit, bytes                         |
| .MemorySwap          | Memory swap limit, in bytes                 |
| .Mounts              | Mounts                                      |
| .Name                | Pod name                                    |
| .Namespace           | Namespace                                   |
| .NumContainers       | Number of containers in the pod             |
| .RestartPolicy       | Restart policy of the pod                   |
| .SecurityOpts        | Security options                            |
| .SharedNamespaces    | Pod shared namespaces                       |
| .State               | Pod state                                   |
| .VolumesFrom         | Volumes from                                |

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## EXAMPLE

Inspect specified pod:
```
$ podman pod inspect foobar
[
     {
         "Id": "3513ca70583dd7ef2bac83331350f6b6c47d7b4e526c908e49d89ebf720e4693",
         "Name": "foobar",
         "Labels": {},
         "CgroupParent": "/libpod_parent",
         "CreateCgroup": true,
         "Created": "2018-08-08T11:15:18.823115347-05:00"
         "State": "created",
         "Hostname": "",
         "SharedNamespaces": [
              "uts",
              "ipc",
              "net"
         ]
         "CreateInfra": false,
         "InfraContainerID": "1020dd70583dd7ff2bac83331350f6b6e007de0d026c908e49d89ebf891d4699"
         "CgroupPath": ""
         "Containers": [
              {
                   "id": "d53f8bf1e9730281264aac6e6586e327429f62c704abea4b6afb5d8a2b2c9f2c",
                   "state": "configured"
              }
         ]
     }
]
```
Show only pod name and state:
```
$ podman pod inspect --format "{{.Name}}\t{{.State}}" mypod
mypod	Running
```

Show pod ID and number of containers:
```
$ podman pod inspect mypod --format "Pod {{.Name}} ({{.ID}}) has {{.NumContainers}} containers"
Pod mypod (605f5f776e101a6e0ad11ea802cae25eabf299da77122f2963fa65dc6ccf6717) has 2 containers
```
Show pod creation time and shared namespaces:
```
$ podman pod inspect mypod --format "Created: {{.Created}}\nShared: {{.SharedNamespaces}}"
Created: 2025-08-14 21:16:05.861363099 +0000 UTC
Shared: [net uts ipc]
```

Show pod resource limits:
```
$ podman pod inspect --format "Memory: {{.MemoryLimit}}, CPU Period: {{.CPUPeriod}}, CPU Quota: {{.CPUQuota}}" mypod
Memory: 1073741824, CPU Period: 100000, CPU Quota: 50000
```

Show container IDs within the pod:
```
$ podman pod inspect --format "{{range .Containers}}{{.Id}}: {{.State}} {{end}}" mypod
e907f7902decca9d6b600b4d3cca9541d9b89dd726b2af7ad2eba05d2a97083f: running c5a53050a31aed71c55cb6a31b9564c69a1009f77750f3f0e8093bd98fcd8918: running
```

## SEE ALSO
**[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-pod(1)](podman-pod.1.md)**, **[podman-inspect(1)](podman-inspect.1.md)**

## HISTORY
August 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude <bbaude@redhat.com>