The metadata information from the docker containers can be extracted using the docker inspect command.
We see the demonstration as follows:
The docker engine api is based around the golang templates and the commands use extensive formatting around the json function definitions.
[vamshi@node01 ~]$ docker inspect <container-name | container-id> -f '{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' 172.17.0.2
[vamshi@node01 ~]$ docker inspect my-container --format='{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' 172.17.0.2