Usage: docker system df [OPTIONS] Show docker filesystem usage Options: --format string Pretty-print images using a Go template --help Print usage -v, --verbose Show detailed information on space usage
The docker system df command displays information regarding the amount of disk space used by the docker daemon.
By default the command will just show a summary of the data used:
$ docker system df TYPE TOTAL ACTIVE SIZE RECLAIMABLE Images 5 2 16.43 MB 11.63 MB (70%) Containers 2 0 212 B 212 B (100%) Local Volumes 2 1 36 B 0 B (0%)
A more detailed view can be requested using the -v, --verbose flag:
$ docker system df -v Images space usage: REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE SHARED SIZE UNIQUE SIZE CONTAINERS my-curl latest b2789dd875bf 6 minutes ago 11 MB 11 MB 5 B 0 my-jq latest ae67841be6d0 6 minutes ago 9.623 MB 8.991 MB 632.1 kB 0 <none> <none> a0971c4015c1 6 minutes ago 11 MB 11 MB 0 B 0 alpine latest 4e38e38c8ce0 9 weeks ago 4.799 MB 0 B 4.799 MB 1 alpine 3.3 47cf20d8c26c 9 weeks ago 4.797 MB 4.797 MB 0 B 1 Containers space usage: CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND LOCAL VOLUMES SIZE CREATED STATUS NAMES 4a7f7eebae0f alpine:latest "sh" 1 0 B 16 minutes ago Exited (0) 5 minutes ago hopeful_yalow f98f9c2aa1ea alpine:3.3 "sh" 1 212 B 16 minutes ago Exited (0) 48 seconds ago anon-vol Local Volumes space usage: NAME LINKS SIZE 07c7bdf3e34ab76d921894c2b834f073721fccfbbcba792aa7648e3a7a664c2e 2 36 B my-named-vol 0 0 B
SHARED SIZE is the amount of space that an image shares with another one (i.e. their common data)UNIQUE SIZE is the amount of space that is only used by a given imageSIZE is the virtual size of the image, it is the sum of SHARED SIZE and UNIQUE SIZENote: Network information is not shown because it doesn't consume the disk space.
The system df command can be very resource-intensive. It traverses the filesystem of every image, container, and volume in the system. You should be careful running this command in systems with lots of images, containers, or volumes or in systems where some images, containers, or volumes have very large filesystems with many files. You should also be careful not to run this command in systems where performance is critical.
The formatting option (--format) pretty prints the disk usage output using a Go template.
Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:
| Placeholder | Description |
|---|---|
.Type | Images, Containers and Local Volumes |
.TotalCount | Total number of items |
.Active | Number of active items |
.Size | Available size |
.Reclaimable | Reclaimable size |
When using the --format option, the system df command outputs the data exactly as the template declares or, when using the table directive, will include column headers as well.
The following example uses a template without headers and outputs the Type and TotalCount entries separated by a colon:
$ docker system df --format "{{.Type}}: {{.TotalCount}}" Images: 2 Containers: 4 Local Volumes: 1
To list the disk usage with size and reclaimable size in a table format you can use:
$ docker system df --format "table {{.Type}}\t{{.Size}}\t{{.Reclaimable}}" TYPE SIZE RECLAIMABLE Images 2.547 GB 2.342 GB (91%) Containers 0 B 0 B Local Volumes 150.3 MB 150.3 MB (100%) <Paste>
Note the format option is meaningless when verbose is true.