Q: How do you inspect a running container's environment variables and configuration?
docker inspect <container> — full JSON config including environment variables, mounts, network, etc. docker exec <container> env — shows ...
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docker inspect — full JSON config including environment variables, mounts, network, etc. docker exec — shows env vars from inside the container. docker inspect --format='{{.Config.Env}}' for just env vars.
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