Auditing Docker Volumes and Networks

Listing and inspecting the docker volumes

  • Listing docker volumes
docker volume ls

docker volume ls

  • Inspecting docker volumes
docker volume inspect wordpress_db_data

docker volume inspect

  • Volumes can be used with Ready-Only, Read-Write modes

Listing and inspecting the docker networks

  • Docker by default creates it's own networking namespace when we use Docker Swarm or Docker Compose

  • By default bridge, host, null networking options are available

  • Listing the docker networks

docker network ls

docker network ls

  • Inspecting the docker network
docker inspect wordpress_default

docker network inspect

We can use our traditional toolset like nmap (or) nc for performing scans and information gathering