title: “node ls” description: “The node ls command description and usage” keywords: “node, list”

node ls

Usage:  docker node ls [OPTIONS]

List nodes in the swarm

Aliases:
  ls, list

Options:
  -f, --filter value   Filter output based on conditions provided
      --help           Print usage
  -q, --quiet          Only display IDs

Lists all the nodes that the Docker Swarm manager knows about. You can filter using the -f or --filter flag. Refer to the filtering section for more information about available filter options.

Example output:

$ docker node ls

ID                           HOSTNAME        STATUS  AVAILABILITY  MANAGER STATUS
1bcef6utixb0l0ca7gxuivsj0    swarm-worker2   Ready   Active
38ciaotwjuritcdtn9npbnkuz    swarm-worker1   Ready   Active
e216jshn25ckzbvmwlnh5jr3g *  swarm-manager1  Ready   Active        Leader

Filtering

The filtering flag (-f or --filter) format is of “key=value”. If there is more than one filter, then pass multiple flags (e.g., --filter "foo=bar" --filter "bif=baz")

The currently supported filters are:

ID

The id filter matches all or part of a node's id.

$ docker node ls -f id=1

ID                         HOSTNAME       STATUS  AVAILABILITY  MANAGER STATUS
1bcef6utixb0l0ca7gxuivsj0  swarm-worker2  Ready   Active

Label

The label filter matches nodes based on engine labels and on the presence of a label alone or a label and a value. Node labels are currently not used for filtering.

The following filter matches nodes with the foo label regardless of its value.

$ docker node ls -f "label=foo"

ID                         HOSTNAME       STATUS  AVAILABILITY  MANAGER STATUS
1bcef6utixb0l0ca7gxuivsj0  swarm-worker2  Ready   Active

Membership

The membership filter matches nodes based on the presence of a membership and a value accepted or pending.

The following filter matches nodes with the membership of accepted.

$ docker node ls -f "membership=accepted"

ID                           HOSTNAME        STATUS  AVAILABILITY  MANAGER STATUS
1bcef6utixb0l0ca7gxuivsj0    swarm-worker2   Ready   Active
38ciaotwjuritcdtn9npbnkuz    swarm-worker1   Ready   Active

Name

The name filter matches on all or part of a node hostname.

The following filter matches the nodes with a name equal to swarm-master string.

$ docker node ls -f name=swarm-manager1

ID                           HOSTNAME        STATUS  AVAILABILITY  MANAGER STATUS
e216jshn25ckzbvmwlnh5jr3g *  swarm-manager1  Ready   Active        Leader

Role

The role filter matches nodes based on the presence of a role and a value worker or manager.

The following filter matches nodes with the manager role.

$ docker node ls -f "role=manager"

ID                           HOSTNAME        STATUS  AVAILABILITY  MANAGER STATUS
e216jshn25ckzbvmwlnh5jr3g *  swarm-manager1  Ready   Active        Leader