Annotations — Inspect annotations
To view annotations on an image index, use the docker buildx imagetools inspect command.
Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions).
To view annotations on an image index, use the docker buildx imagetools inspect command. This shows you any annotations for the index and descriptors (references to manifests) that the index contains. The following example shows an org.opencontainers.image.documentation annotation on a descriptor, and an org.opencontainers.image.authors annotation on the index.
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```consolehl_lines10-1219-2
$ docker buildx imagetools inspect <IMAGE> --raw
{
"schemaVersion": 2,
"mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json",
"manifests": [
{
"mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json",
"digest": "sha256:d20246ef744b1d05a1dd69d0b3fa907db007c07f79fe3e68c17223439be9fefb",
"size": 911,
"annotations": {
"org.opencontainers.image.documentation": "https://foo.example/docs",
},
"platform": {
"architecture": "amd64",
"os": "linux"
}
},
],
"annotations": {
"org.opencontainers.image.authors": "dvdksn"
}
}
```
To inspect annotations on a manifest, use the docker buildx imagetools inspect command and specify @, where is the digest of the manifest
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```consolehl_lines22-25
$ docker buildx imagetools inspect <IMAGE>@sha256:d20246ef744b1d05a1dd69d0b3fa907db007c07f79fe3e68c17223439be9fefb --raw
{
"schemaVersion": 2,
"mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json",
"config": {
"mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.config.v1+json",
"digest": "sha256:4368b6959a78b412efa083c5506c4887e251f1484ccc9f0af5c406d8f76ece1d",
"size": 850
},
"layers": [
{
"mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.layer.v1.tar+gzip",
"digest": "sha256:2c03dbb20264f09924f9eab176da44e5421e74a78b09531d3c63448a7baa7c59",
"size": 3333033
},
{
"mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.layer.v1.tar+gzip",
"digest": "sha256:4923ad480d60a548e9b334ca492fa547a3ce8879676685b6718b085de5aaf142",
"size": 61887305
}
],
"annotations": {
"index,manifest:org.opencontainers.image.vendor": "foocorp",
"org.opencontainer
```
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