---
title: "plugin inspect"
description: "The plugin inspect command description and usage"
keywords: "plugin, inspect"
---
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# plugin inspect
```markdown
Usage: docker plugin inspect [OPTIONS] PLUGIN|ID [PLUGIN|ID...]
Display detailed information on one or more plugins
Options:
-f, --format string Format the output using the given Go template
--help Print usage
```
Returns information about a plugin. By default, this command renders all results
in a JSON array.
Example output:
```bash
$ docker plugin inspect tiborvass/no-remove:latest
```
```JSON
{
"Id": "8c74c978c434745c3ade82f1bc0acf38d04990eaf494fa507c16d9f1daa99c21",
"Name": "tiborvass/no-remove:latest",
"Enabled": true,
"Config": {
"Mounts": [
{
"Name": "",
"Description": "",
"Settable": null,
"Source": "/data",
"Destination": "/data",
"Type": "bind",
"Options": [
"shared",
"rbind"
]
},
{
"Name": "",
"Description": "",
"Settable": null,
"Source": null,
"Destination": "/foobar",
"Type": "tmpfs",
"Options": null
}
],
"Env": [
"DEBUG=1"
],
"Args": null,
"Devices": null
},
"Manifest": {
"ManifestVersion": "v0",
"Description": "A test plugin for Docker",
"Documentation": "https://docs.docker.com/engine/extend/plugins/",
"Interface": {
"Types": [
"docker.volumedriver/1.0"
],
"Socket": "plugins.sock"
},
"Entrypoint": [
"plugin-no-remove",
"/data"
],
"Workdir": "",
"User": {
},
"Network": {
"Type": "host"
},
"Capabilities": null,
"Mounts": [
{
"Name": "",
"Description": "",
"Settable": null,
"Source": "/data",
"Destination": "/data",
"Type": "bind",
"Options": [
"shared",
"rbind"
]
},
{
"Name": "",
"Description": "",
"Settable": null,
"Source": null,
"Destination": "/foobar",
"Type": "tmpfs",
"Options": null
}
],
"Devices": [
{
"Name": "device",
"Description": "a host device to mount",
"Settable": null,
"Path": "/dev/cpu_dma_latency"
}
],
"Env": [
{
"Name": "DEBUG",
"Description": "If set, prints debug messages",
"Settable": null,
"Value": "1"
}
],
"Args": {
"Name": "args",
"Description": "command line arguments",
"Settable": null,
"Value": [
]
}
}
}
```
(output formatted for readability)
```bash
$ docker plugin inspect -f '{{.Id}}' tiborvass/no-remove:latest
```
```
8c74c978c434745c3ade82f1bc0acf38d04990eaf494fa507c16d9f1daa99c21
```
## Related information
* [plugin create](plugin_create.md)
* [plugin enable](plugin_enable.md)
* [plugin disable](plugin_disable.md)
* [plugin install](plugin_install.md)
* [plugin ls](plugin_ls.md)
* [plugin push](plugin_push.md)
* [plugin rm](plugin_rm.md)
* [plugin set](plugin_set.md)