Get System Information of Docker Installation

When troubleshoot issues related with Docker, it can be useful to get system information regarding the Docker installation. Information includes operating system, architecture, kernel version, total memory, number of containers and images, etc. This tutorial shows how to get system information of Docker installation.

Use docker info command or docker system command with info argument, to get system information of Docker installation.

docker info

docker system info

An example of part of the output:

Client:
 Context:    default
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  app: Docker App (Docker Inc., v0.9.1-beta3)
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc., v0.9.1-docker)
  scan: Docker Scan (Docker Inc., v0.21.0)

Server:
 Containers: 2
  Running: 0
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 2
 Images: 2
 ...
 Kernel Version: 5.15.0-52-generic
 Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 8
 Total Memory: 11.66GiB
 Name: ubuntu
 ID: HOGS:UTUZ:QHB2:VZ3E:6ZDV:WJYU:K4VL:AG6S:JBKF:XE4T:CWOZ:PU6B
 ...