community.docker.docker_container_info module – Retrieves facts about docker container
Note
This module is part of the community.docker collection (version 2.7.3).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package.
It is not included in ansible-core.
To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.docker.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.docker.docker_container_info.
Synopsis
Retrieves facts about a docker container.
Essentially returns the output of
docker inspect <name>, similar to what community.docker.docker_container returns for a non-absent container.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Docker API >= 1.20
Docker SDK for Python: Please note that the docker-py Python module has been superseded by docker (see here for details). For Python 2.6,
docker-pymust be used. Otherwise, it is recommended to install thedockerPython module. Note that both modules should *not* be installed at the same time. Also note that when both modules are installed and one of them is uninstalled, the other might no longer function and a reinstall of it is required.Docker SDK for Python >= 1.8.0 (use docker-py for Python 2.6)
Parameters
Parameter |
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The version of the Docker API running on the Docker Host. Defaults to the latest version of the API supported by Docker SDK for Python and the docker daemon. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Default: |
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Use a CA certificate when performing server verification by providing the path to a CA certificate file. If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable |
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Path to the client’s TLS certificate file. If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable |
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Path to the client’s TLS key file. If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable |
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Debug mode Choices:
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The URL or Unix socket path used to connect to the Docker API. To connect to a remote host, provide the TCP connection string. For example, If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Default: |
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The name of the container to inspect. When identifying an existing container name may be a name or a long or short container ID. |
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Provide a valid SSL version number. Default value determined by ssl.py module. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable |
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The maximum amount of time in seconds to wait on a response from the API. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Default: |
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Secure the connection to the API by using TLS without verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server. Note that if validate_certs is set to If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Choices:
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When verifying the authenticity of the Docker Host server, provide the expected name of the server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable The current default value is |
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For SSH transports, use the Requires Docker SDK for Python 4.4.0 or newer. Choices:
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Secure the connection to the API by using TLS and verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Choices:
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Notes
Note
Connect to the Docker daemon by providing parameters with each task or by defining environment variables. You can define
DOCKER_HOST,DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME,DOCKER_API_VERSION,DOCKER_CERT_PATH,DOCKER_SSL_VERSION,DOCKER_TLS,DOCKER_TLS_VERIFYandDOCKER_TIMEOUT. If you are using docker machine, run the script shipped with the product that sets up the environment. It will set these variables for you. See https://docs.docker.com/machine/reference/env/ for more details.When connecting to Docker daemon with TLS, you might need to install additional Python packages. For the Docker SDK for Python, version 2.4 or newer, this can be done by installing
docker[tls]with ansible.builtin.pip.Note that the Docker SDK for Python only allows to specify the path to the Docker configuration for very few functions. In general, it will use
$HOME/.docker/config.jsonif theDOCKER_CONFIGenvironment variable is not specified, and use$DOCKER_CONFIG/config.jsonotherwise.This module uses the Docker SDK for Python to communicate with the Docker daemon.
Examples
- name: Get infos on container
community.docker.docker_container_info:
name: mydata
register: result
- name: Does container exist?
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "The container {{ 'exists' if result.exists else 'does not exist' }}"
- name: Print information about container
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: result.container
when: result.exists
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
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Facts representing the current state of the container. Matches the docker inspection output. Will be Returned: always Sample: |
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Returns whether the container exists. Returned: always Sample: |
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