--- title: "node inspect" description: "The node inspect command description and usage" keywords: "node, inspect" --- # node inspect ```markdown Usage: docker node inspect [OPTIONS] self|NODE [NODE...] Display detailed information on one or more nodes Options: -f, --format string Format the output using the given Go template --help Print usage --pretty Print the information in a human friendly format. ``` Returns information about a node. By default, this command renders all results in a JSON array. You can specify an alternate format to execute a given template for each result. Go's [text/template](http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/) package describes all the details of the format. Example output: $ docker node inspect swarm-manager [ { "ID": "e216jshn25ckzbvmwlnh5jr3g", "Version": { "Index": 10 }, "CreatedAt": "2016-06-16T22:52:44.9910662Z", "UpdatedAt": "2016-06-16T22:52:45.230878043Z", "Spec": { "Role": "manager", "Availability": "active" }, "Description": { "Hostname": "swarm-manager", "Platform": { "Architecture": "x86_64", "OS": "linux" }, "Resources": { "NanoCPUs": 1000000000, "MemoryBytes": 1039843328 }, "Engine": { "EngineVersion": "1.12.0", "Plugins": [ { "Type": "Volume", "Name": "local" }, { "Type": "Network", "Name": "overlay" }, { "Type": "Network", "Name": "null" }, { "Type": "Network", "Name": "host" }, { "Type": "Network", "Name": "bridge" }, { "Type": "Network", "Name": "overlay" } ] } }, "Status": { "State": "ready", "Addr": "168.0.32.137" }, "ManagerStatus": { "Leader": true, "Reachability": "reachable", "Addr": "168.0.32.137:2377" } } ] {% raw %} $ docker node inspect --format '{{ .ManagerStatus.Leader }}' self false {% endraw %} $ docker node inspect --pretty self ID: e216jshn25ckzbvmwlnh5jr3g Hostname: swarm-manager Joined at: 2016-06-16 22:52:44.9910662 +0000 utc Status: State: Ready Availability: Active Address: 172.17.0.2 Manager Status: Address: 172.17.0.2:2377 Raft Status: Reachable Leader: Yes Platform: Operating System: linux Architecture: x86_64 Resources: CPUs: 4 Memory: 7.704 GiB Plugins: Network: overlay, bridge, null, host, overlay Volume: local Engine Version: 1.12.0 ## Related information * [node demote](node_demote.md) * [node ls](node_ls.md) * [node promote](node_promote.md) * [node ps](node_ps.md) * [node rm](node_rm.md) * [node update](node_update.md)