buildah-info(1) General Commands Manual buildah-info(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

buildah-info - Display Buildah system information.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**buildah info** \[*options*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The information displayed pertains to the host and current storage statistics which is useful when reporting issues.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

**--debug**, **-d**

Show additional information.

**--format** *template*

Use *template* as a Go template when formatting the output.

# [EXAMPLE](#EXAMPLE)

Run buildah info response:

```
$ buildah info
{


    "host": {


        "Distribution": {


            "distribution": "ubuntu",


            "version": "18.04"


        },


        "MemTotal": 16702980096,


        "MemFree": 309428224,


        "SwapFree": 2146693120,


        "SwapTotal": 2147479552,


        "arch": "amd64",


        "cpus": 4,


        "hostname": "localhost.localdomain",


        "kernel": "4.15.0-36-generic",


        "os": "linux",


        "rootless": false,


        "uptime": "91h 30m 59.9s (Approximately 3.79 days)"


    },


    "store": {


        "ContainerStore": {


            "number": 2


        },


        "GraphDriverName": "overlay",


        "GraphOptions": [


            "overlay.override_kernel_check=true"


        ],


        "GraphRoot": "/var/lib/containers/storage",


        "GraphStatus": {


            "Backing Filesystem": "extfs",


            "Native Overlay Diff": "true",


            "Supports d_type": "true"


        },


        "ImageStore": {


            "number": 1


        },


        "RunRoot": "/run/containers/storage"


    }
}
```

Run buildah info and retrieve only the store information:

```
$ buildah info --format={{".store"}}
map[GraphOptions:[overlay.override_kernel_check=true] GraphStatus:map[Backing Filesystem:extfs Supports d_type:true Native Overlay Diff:true] ImageStore:map[number:1] ContainerStore:map[number:2] GraphRoot:/var/lib/containers/storage RunRoot:/run/containers/storage GraphDriverName:overlay]
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[buildah(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/buildah/buildah.1)

November 2018 Buildah

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Document: buildah-info(1) from buildah 1.45.1-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/buildah