podman-remote inspect

base enablement of the inspect command.

Signed-off-by: baude <bbaude@redhat.com>

20 files changed, 343 insertions, 110 deletions

diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index 0cbdffea4..872d3ee07 100755
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -9,14 +9,22 @@ in the [API.md](https://github.com/containers/libpod/blob/master/API.md) file in
 
 [func Commit(name: string, image_name: string, changes: []string, author: string, message: string, pause: bool, manifestType: string) string](#Commit)
 
+[func ContainerArtifacts(name: string, artifactName: string) string](#ContainerArtifacts)
+
 [func ContainerCheckpoint(name: string, keep: bool, leaveRunning: bool, tcpEstablished: bool) string](#ContainerCheckpoint)
 
+[func ContainerConfig(name: string) string](#ContainerConfig)
+
 [func ContainerExists(name: string) int](#ContainerExists)
 
+[func ContainerInspectData(name: string) string](#ContainerInspectData)
+
 [func ContainerRestore(name: string, keep: bool, tcpEstablished: bool) string](#ContainerRestore)
 
 [func ContainerRunlabel(runlabel: Runlabel) ](#ContainerRunlabel)
 
+[func ContainerStateData(name: string) string](#ContainerStateData)
+
 [func CreateContainer(create: Create) string](#CreateContainer)
 
 [func CreateImage() NotImplemented](#CreateImage)
@@ -239,12 +247,24 @@ attributes: _CMD, ENTRYPOINT, ENV, EXPOSE, LABEL, ONBUILD, STOPSIGNAL, USER, VOL
 container while it is being committed, pass a _true_ bool for the pause argument.  If the container cannot
 be found by the ID or name provided, a (ContainerNotFound)[#ContainerNotFound] error will be returned; otherwise,
 the resulting image's ID will be returned as a string.
+### <a name="ContainerArtifacts"></a>func ContainerArtifacts
+<div style="background-color: #E8E8E8; padding: 15px; margin: 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
+
+method ContainerArtifacts(name: [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string), artifactName: [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)) [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)</div>
+ContainerArtifacts returns a container's artifacts in string form.  This call is for
+development of Podman only and generally should not be used.
 ### <a name="ContainerCheckpoint"></a>func ContainerCheckpoint
 <div style="background-color: #E8E8E8; padding: 15px; margin: 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
 
 method ContainerCheckpoint(name: [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string), keep: [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool), leaveRunning: [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool), tcpEstablished: [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool)) [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)</div>
 ContainerCheckPoint performs a checkpopint on a container by its name or full/partial container
 ID.  On successful checkpoint, the id of the checkpointed container is returned.
+### <a name="ContainerConfig"></a>func ContainerConfig
+<div style="background-color: #E8E8E8; padding: 15px; margin: 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
+
+method ContainerConfig(name: [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)) [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)</div>
+ContainerConfig returns a container's config in string form. This call is for
+development of Podman only and generally should not be used.
 ### <a name="ContainerExists"></a>func ContainerExists
 <div style="background-color: #E8E8E8; padding: 15px; margin: 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
 
@@ -258,6 +278,12 @@ $ varlink call -m unix:/run/podman/io.podman/io.podman.ContainerExists '{"name":
   "exists": 0
 }
 ~~~
+### <a name="ContainerInspectData"></a>func ContainerInspectData
+<div style="background-color: #E8E8E8; padding: 15px; margin: 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
+
+method ContainerInspectData(name: [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)) [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)</div>
+ContainerInspectData returns a container's inspect data in string form.  This call is for
+development of Podman only and generally should not be used.
 ### <a name="ContainerRestore"></a>func ContainerRestore
 <div style="background-color: #E8E8E8; padding: 15px; margin: 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
 
@@ -270,6 +296,12 @@ of the container's ID.
 
 method ContainerRunlabel(runlabel: [Runlabel](#Runlabel)) </div>
 ContainerRunlabel runs executes a command as described by a given container image label.
+### <a name="ContainerStateData"></a>func ContainerStateData
+<div style="background-color: #E8E8E8; padding: 15px; margin: 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
+
+method ContainerStateData(name: [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)) [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)</div>
+ContainerStateData returns a container's state config in string form.  This call is for
+development of Podman only and generally should not be used.
 ### <a name="CreateContainer"></a>func CreateContainer
 <div style="background-color: #E8E8E8; padding: 15px; margin: 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
 
@@ -1373,6 +1405,8 @@ virtualSize [int](https://godoc.org/builtin#int)
 containers [int](https://godoc.org/builtin#int)
 
 labels [map[string]](#map[string])
+
+isParent [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool)
 ### <a name="ImageSearch"></a>type ImageSearch
 
 ImageSearch is the returned structure for SearchImage.  It is returned
@@ -1460,7 +1494,7 @@ graph_status [InfoGraphStatus](#InfoGraphStatus)
 run_root [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
 ### <a name="ListContainerData"></a>type ListContainerData
 
-ListContainer is the returned struct for an individual container
+ListContainerData is the returned struct for an individual container
 
 id [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
 
diff --git a/cmd/podman/inspect.go b/cmd/podman/inspect.go
index 2f1e97c6c..3ef740463 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/inspect.go
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/formats"
-	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/libpodruntime"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/shared"
-	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod/adapter"
+	cc "github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/spec"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func inspectCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	runtime, err := libpodruntime.GetRuntime(c)
+	runtime, err := adapter.GetRuntime(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating libpod runtime")
 	}
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ func inspectCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 // func iterateInput iterates the images|containers the user has requested and returns the inspect data and error
-func iterateInput(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Context, args []string, runtime *libpod.Runtime, inspectType string) ([]interface{}, error) {
+func iterateInput(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Context, args []string, runtime *adapter.LocalRuntime, inspectType string) ([]interface{}, error) {
 	var (
 		data           interface{}
 		inspectedItems []interface{}
@@ -124,13 +125,18 @@ func iterateInput(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Context, args []string, runtime *l
 				inspectError = errors.Wrapf(err, "error getting libpod container inspect data %s", ctr.ID())
 				break
 			}
-			data, err = shared.GetCtrInspectInfo(ctr, libpodInspectData)
+			artifact, err := getArtifact(ctr)
+			if inspectError != nil {
+				inspectError = err
+				break
+			}
+			data, err = shared.GetCtrInspectInfo(ctr.Config(), libpodInspectData, artifact)
 			if err != nil {
 				inspectError = errors.Wrapf(err, "error parsing container data %q", ctr.ID())
 				break
 			}
 		case inspectTypeImage:
-			image, err := runtime.ImageRuntime().NewFromLocal(input)
+			image, err := runtime.NewImageFromLocal(input)
 			if err != nil {
 				inspectError = errors.Wrapf(err, "error getting image %q", input)
 				break
@@ -143,7 +149,7 @@ func iterateInput(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Context, args []string, runtime *l
 		case inspectAll:
 			ctr, err := runtime.LookupContainer(input)
 			if err != nil {
-				image, err := runtime.ImageRuntime().NewFromLocal(input)
+				image, err := runtime.NewImageFromLocal(input)
 				if err != nil {
 					inspectError = errors.Wrapf(err, "error getting image %q", input)
 					break
@@ -159,7 +165,12 @@ func iterateInput(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Context, args []string, runtime *l
 					inspectError = errors.Wrapf(err, "error getting libpod container inspect data %s", ctr.ID())
 					break
 				}
-				data, err = shared.GetCtrInspectInfo(ctr, libpodInspectData)
+				artifact, inspectError := getArtifact(ctr)
+				if inspectError != nil {
+					inspectError = err
+					break
+				}
+				data, err = shared.GetCtrInspectInfo(ctr.Config(), libpodInspectData, artifact)
 				if err != nil {
 					inspectError = errors.Wrapf(err, "error parsing container data %s", ctr.ID())
 					break
@@ -172,3 +183,15 @@ func iterateInput(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Context, args []string, runtime *l
 	}
 	return inspectedItems, inspectError
 }
+
+func getArtifact(ctr *adapter.Container) (*cc.CreateConfig, error) {
+	var createArtifact cc.CreateConfig
+	artifact, err := ctr.GetArtifact("create-config")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(artifact, &createArtifact); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &createArtifact, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/shared/container.go b/cmd/podman/shared/container.go
index a904ef75a..9040c4a5c 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/shared/container.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/shared/container.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package shared
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/google/shlex"
 	"io"
@@ -446,8 +445,7 @@ func getStrFromSquareBrackets(cmd string) string {
 
 // GetCtrInspectInfo takes container inspect data and collects all its info into a ContainerData
 // structure for inspection related methods
-func GetCtrInspectInfo(ctr *libpod.Container, ctrInspectData *inspect.ContainerInspectData) (*inspect.ContainerData, error) {
-	config := ctr.Config()
+func GetCtrInspectInfo(config *libpod.ContainerConfig, ctrInspectData *inspect.ContainerInspectData, createArtifact *cc.CreateConfig) (*inspect.ContainerData, error) {
 	spec := config.Spec
 
 	cpus, mems, period, quota, realtimePeriod, realtimeRuntime, shares := getCPUInfo(spec)
@@ -456,16 +454,6 @@ func GetCtrInspectInfo(ctr *libpod.Container, ctrInspectData *inspect.ContainerI
 	pidsLimit := getPidsInfo(spec)
 	cgroup := getCgroup(spec)
 
-	var createArtifact cc.CreateConfig
-	artifact, err := ctr.GetArtifact("create-config")
-	if err == nil {
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(artifact, &createArtifact); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	} else {
-		logrus.Errorf("couldn't get some inspect information, error getting artifact %q: %v", ctr.ID(), err)
-	}
-
 	data := &inspect.ContainerData{
 		ctrInspectData,
 		&inspect.HostConfig{
@@ -493,7 +481,7 @@ func GetCtrInspectInfo(ctr *libpod.Container, ctrInspectData *inspect.ContainerI
 			PidsLimit:            pidsLimit,
 			Privileged:           config.Privileged,
 			ReadonlyRootfs:       spec.Root.Readonly,
-			Runtime:              ctr.RuntimeName(),
+			Runtime:              config.OCIRuntime,
 			NetworkMode:          string(createArtifact.NetMode),
 			IpcMode:              string(createArtifact.IpcMode),
 			Cgroup:               cgroup,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink b/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
index c6f1d3f1b..79300f9bc 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
+++ b/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
@@ -1035,6 +1035,22 @@ method GenerateKubeService() -> (notimplemented: NotImplemented)
 # like that created by GenerateKube. See also [GenerateKube](GenerateKube).
 method ReplayKube() -> (notimplemented: NotImplemented)
 
+# ContainerConfig returns a container's config in string form. This call is for
+# development of Podman only and generally should not be used.
+method ContainerConfig(name: string) -> (config: string)
+
+# ContainerArtifacts returns a container's artifacts in string form.  This call is for
+# development of Podman only and generally should not be used.
+method ContainerArtifacts(name: string, artifactName: string) -> (config: string)
+
+# ContainerInspectData returns a container's inspect data in string form.  This call is for
+# development of Podman only and generally should not be used.
+method ContainerInspectData(name: string) -> (config: string)
+
+# ContainerStateData returns a container's state config in string form.  This call is for
+# development of Podman only and generally should not be used.
+method ContainerStateData(name: string) -> (config: string)
+
 # ImageNotFound means the image could not be found by the provided name or ID in local storage.
 error ImageNotFound (name: string)
 
diff --git a/libpod/adapter/containers_remote.go b/libpod/adapter/containers_remote.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9623304e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libpod/adapter/containers_remote.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// +build remoteclient
+
+package adapter
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	iopodman "github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/varlink"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/inspect"
+)
+
+// Inspect returns an inspect struct from varlink
+func (c *Container) Inspect(size bool) (*inspect.ContainerInspectData, error) {
+	reply, err := iopodman.ContainerInspectData().Call(c.Runtime.Conn, c.ID())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	data := inspect.ContainerInspectData{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(reply), &data); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &data, err
+}
+
+// ID returns the ID of the container
+func (c *Container) ID() string {
+	return c.config.ID
+}
+
+// GetArtifact returns a container's artifacts
+func (c *Container) GetArtifact(name string) ([]byte, error) {
+	var data []byte
+	reply, err := iopodman.ContainerArtifacts().Call(c.Runtime.Conn, c.ID(), name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(reply), &data); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return data, err
+}
+
+// Config returns a container's Config ... same as ctr.Config()
+func (c *Container) Config() *libpod.ContainerConfig {
+	if c.config != nil {
+		return c.config
+	}
+	return c.Runtime.Config(c.ID())
+}
diff --git a/libpod/adapter/images_remote.go b/libpod/adapter/images_remote.go
index 77b0629a7..e7b38dccc 100644
--- a/libpod/adapter/images_remote.go
+++ b/libpod/adapter/images_remote.go
@@ -3,15 +3,22 @@
 package adapter
 
 import (
-	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	iopodman "github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/varlink"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/inspect"
 )
 
-// Images returns information for the host system and its components
-func (r RemoteRuntime) Images() ([]libpod.InfoData, error) {
-	conn, err := r.Connect()
+// Inspect returns returns an ImageData struct from over a varlink connection
+func (i *ContainerImage) Inspect(ctx context.Context) (*inspect.ImageData, error) {
+	reply, err := iopodman.InspectImage().Call(i.Runtime.Conn, i.ID())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	_ = conn
-	return nil, nil
+	data := inspect.ImageData{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(reply), &data); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &data, nil
 }
diff --git a/libpod/adapter/runtime_remote.go b/libpod/adapter/runtime_remote.go
index 8ef8fe167..7189348bc 100644
--- a/libpod/adapter/runtime_remote.go
+++ b/libpod/adapter/runtime_remote.go
@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@ package adapter
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containers/image/types"
-	iopodman "github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/varlink"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/varlink"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod/image"
-	digest "github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 	"github.com/varlink/go/varlink"
 )
@@ -80,21 +83,9 @@ type Container struct {
 
 // remoteContainer ....
 type remoteContainer struct {
-	ID         string
-	Image      string
-	ImageID    string
-	Command    []string
-	Created    time.Time
-	RunningFor string
-	Status     string
-	//Ports            []ocicni.PortMapping
-	RootFsSize int64
-	RWSize     int64
-	Names      string
-	Labels     []map[string]string
-	//	Mounts           []string
-	// ContainerRunning bool
-	//Namespaces       []LinuxNameSpace
+	Runtime *LocalRuntime
+	config  *libpod.ContainerConfig
+	state   *libpod.ContainerState
 }
 
 // GetImages returns a slice of containerimages over a varlink connection
@@ -272,39 +263,60 @@ func (ci *ContainerImage) History(ctx context.Context) ([]*image.History, error)
 
 // LookupContainer gets basic information about container over a varlink
 // connection and then translates it to a *Container
-func (r *RemoteRuntime) LookupContainer(idOrName string) (*Container, error) {
-	container, err := iopodman.GetContainer().Call(r.Conn, idOrName)
+func (r *LocalRuntime) LookupContainer(idOrName string) (*Container, error) {
+	state, err := r.ContainerState(idOrName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return listContainerDataToContainer(container)
+	config := r.Config(idOrName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	rc := remoteContainer{
+		r,
+		config,
+		state,
+	}
+
+	c := Container{
+		rc,
+	}
+	return &c, nil
+}
+
+func (r *LocalRuntime) GetLatestContainer() (*Container, error) {
+	return nil, libpod.ErrNotImplemented
 }
 
-// listContainerDataToContainer takes a varlink listcontainerData struct and makes
-// an "adapted" Container
-func listContainerDataToContainer(listData iopodman.ListContainerData) (*Container, error) {
-	created, err := splitStringDate(listData.Createdat)
+// ContainerState returns the "state" of the container.
+func (r *LocalRuntime) ContainerState(name string) (*libpod.ContainerState, error) { //no-lint
+	reply, err := iopodman.ContainerStateData().Call(r.Conn, name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	rc := remoteContainer{
-		// TODO commented out attributes will be populated when podman-remote ps
-		// is implemented.   They are not needed yet for basic container operations.
-		ID:         listData.Id,
-		Image:      listData.Image,
-		ImageID:    listData.Imageid,
-		Command:    listData.Command,
-		Created:    created,
-		RunningFor: listData.Runningfor,
-		Status:     listData.Status,
-		//ports:
-		RootFsSize: listData.Rootfssize,
-		RWSize:     listData.Rwsize,
-		Names:      listData.Names,
-		//Labels:
-		//Mounts
-		//ContainerRunning:
-		//namespaces:
+	data := libpod.ContainerState{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(reply), &data); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &Container{rc}, nil
+	return &data, err
+
+}
+
+// Config returns a container config
+func (r *LocalRuntime) Config(name string) *libpod.ContainerConfig {
+	// TODO the Spec being returned is not populated.  Matt and I could not figure out why.  Will defer
+	// further looking into it for after devconf.
+	// The libpod function for this has no errors so we are kind of in a tough
+	// spot here.  Logging the errors for now.
+	reply, err := iopodman.ContainerConfig().Call(r.Conn, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Error("call to container.config failed")
+	}
+	data := libpod.ContainerConfig{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(reply), &data); err != nil {
+		logrus.Error("failed to unmarshal container inspect data")
+	}
+	return &data
+
 }
diff --git a/libpod/boltdb_state.go b/libpod/boltdb_state.go
index e7a07a9a8..5bc15dd7f 100644
--- a/libpod/boltdb_state.go
+++ b/libpod/boltdb_state.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (s *BoltState) Refresh() error {
 				return errors.Wrapf(ErrInternal, "container %s missing state in DB", string(id))
 			}
 
-			state := new(containerState)
+			state := new(ContainerState)
 
 			if err := json.Unmarshal(stateBytes, state); err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrapf(err, "error unmarshalling state for container %s", string(id))
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func (s *BoltState) Container(id string) (*Container, error) {
 
 	ctr := new(Container)
 	ctr.config = new(ContainerConfig)
-	ctr.state = new(containerState)
+	ctr.state = new(ContainerState)
 
 	db, err := s.getDBCon()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ func (s *BoltState) LookupContainer(idOrName string) (*Container, error) {
 
 	ctr := new(Container)
 	ctr.config = new(ContainerConfig)
-	ctr.state = new(containerState)
+	ctr.state = new(ContainerState)
 
 	db, err := s.getDBCon()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ func (s *BoltState) UpdateContainer(ctr *Container) error {
 		return errors.Wrapf(ErrNSMismatch, "container %s is in namespace %q, does not match our namespace %q", ctr.ID(), ctr.config.Namespace, s.namespace)
 	}
 
-	newState := new(containerState)
+	newState := new(ContainerState)
 	netNSPath := ""
 
 	ctrID := []byte(ctr.ID())
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ func (s *BoltState) AllContainers() ([]*Container, error) {
 
 			ctr := new(Container)
 			ctr.config = new(ContainerConfig)
-			ctr.state = new(containerState)
+			ctr.state = new(ContainerState)
 
 			if err := s.getContainerFromDB(id, ctr, ctrBucket); err != nil {
 				// If the error is a namespace mismatch, we can
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ func (s *BoltState) PodContainers(pod *Pod) ([]*Container, error) {
 		err = podCtrs.ForEach(func(id, val []byte) error {
 			newCtr := new(Container)
 			newCtr.config = new(ContainerConfig)
-			newCtr.state = new(containerState)
+			newCtr.state = new(ContainerState)
 			ctrs = append(ctrs, newCtr)
 
 			return s.getContainerFromDB(id, newCtr, ctrBkt)
diff --git a/libpod/boltdb_state_linux.go b/libpod/boltdb_state_linux.go
index d91f311e5..09a9be606 100644
--- a/libpod/boltdb_state_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/boltdb_state_linux.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 // replaceNetNS handle network namespace transitions after updating a
 // container's state.
-func replaceNetNS(netNSPath string, ctr *Container, newState *containerState) error {
+func replaceNetNS(netNSPath string, ctr *Container, newState *ContainerState) error {
 	if netNSPath != "" {
 		// Check if the container's old state has a good netns
 		if ctr.state.NetNS != nil && netNSPath == ctr.state.NetNS.Path() {
diff --git a/libpod/boltdb_state_unsupported.go b/libpod/boltdb_state_unsupported.go
index 64610d304..244dc51a0 100644
--- a/libpod/boltdb_state_unsupported.go
+++ b/libpod/boltdb_state_unsupported.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 package libpod
 
 // replaceNetNS is exclusive to the Linux platform and is a no-op elsewhere
-func replaceNetNS(netNSPath string, ctr *Container, newState *containerState) error {
+func replaceNetNS(netNSPath string, ctr *Container, newState *ContainerState) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/libpod/common_test.go b/libpod/common_test.go
index 4af68a040..df730098e 100644
--- a/libpod/common_test.go
+++ b/libpod/common_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func getTestContainer(id, name string, manager lock.Manager) (*Container, error)
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		state: &containerState{
+		state: &ContainerState{
 			State:      ContainerStateRunning,
 			ConfigPath: "/does/not/exist/specs/" + id,
 			RunDir:     "/does/not/exist/tmp/",
@@ -166,10 +166,10 @@ func testContainersEqual(t *testing.T, a, b *Container, allowedEmpty bool) {
 
 	aConfig := new(ContainerConfig)
 	bConfig := new(ContainerConfig)
-	aState := new(containerState)
-	bState := new(containerState)
+	aState := new(ContainerState)
+	bState := new(ContainerState)
 
-	blankState := new(containerState)
+	blankState := new(ContainerState)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, a.valid, b.valid)
 
diff --git a/libpod/container.go b/libpod/container.go
index b5f6a29ba..b0589be3b 100644
--- a/libpod/container.go
+++ b/libpod/container.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (ns LinuxNS) String() string {
 type Container struct {
 	config *ContainerConfig
 
-	state *containerState
+	state *ContainerState
 
 	// Batched indicates that a container has been locked as part of a
 	// Batch() operation
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ type Container struct {
 	requestedIP net.IP
 }
 
-// containerState contains the current state of the container
+// ContainerState contains the current state of the container
 // It is stored on disk in a tmpfs and recreated on reboot
 // easyjson:json
-type containerState struct {
+type ContainerState struct {
 	// The current state of the running container
 	State ContainerStatus `json:"state"`
 	// The path to the JSON OCI runtime spec for this container
@@ -1063,3 +1063,18 @@ func networkDisabled(c *Container) (bool, error) {
 	}
 	return false, nil
 }
+
+// ContainerState returns containerstate struct
+func (c *Container) ContainerState() (*ContainerState, error) {
+	if !c.batched {
+		c.lock.Lock()
+		defer c.lock.Unlock()
+
+		if err := c.syncContainer(); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	returnConfig := new(ContainerState)
+	deepcopier.Copy(c.state).To(returnConfig)
+	return c.state, nil
+}
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal.go b/libpod/container_internal.go
index ce8791f08..39c1501da 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal.go
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func (c *Container) teardownStorage() error {
 // Reset resets state fields to default values
 // It is performed before a refresh and clears the state after a reboot
 // It does not save the results - assumes the database will do that for us
-func resetState(state *containerState) error {
+func resetState(state *ContainerState) error {
 	state.PID = 0
 	state.Mountpoint = ""
 	state.Mounted = false
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_test.go b/libpod/container_internal_test.go
index 124f1d20e..f1e2b70a7 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_test.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestPostDeleteHooks(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			StaticDir: dir, // not the bundle, but good enough for this test
 		},
-		state: &containerState{
+		state: &ContainerState{
 			ExtensionStageHooks: map[string][]rspec.Hook{
 				"poststop": {
 					rspec.Hook{
diff --git a/libpod/runtime_ctr.go b/libpod/runtime_ctr.go
index 68599fe6d..6d5ce5a7e 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime_ctr.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime_ctr.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) newContainer(ctx context.Context, rSpec *spec.Spec, options ..
 
 	ctr := new(Container)
 	ctr.config = new(ContainerConfig)
-	ctr.state = new(containerState)
+	ctr.state = new(ContainerState)
 
 	ctr.config.ID = stringid.GenerateNonCryptoID()
 
diff --git a/pkg/varlinkapi/containers.go b/pkg/varlinkapi/containers.go
index 07d981786..a01e3cc2b 100644
--- a/pkg/varlinkapi/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/varlinkapi/containers.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/shared"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/varlink"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
+	cc "github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/spec"
 	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -68,7 +69,12 @@ func (i *LibpodAPI) InspectContainer(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, name string) err
 	if err != nil {
 		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
 	}
-	data, err := shared.GetCtrInspectInfo(ctr, inspectInfo)
+	artifact, err := getArtifact(ctr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	data, err := shared.GetCtrInspectInfo(ctr.Config(), inspectInfo, artifact)
 	if err != nil {
 		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
 	}
@@ -462,3 +468,81 @@ func (i *LibpodAPI) ContainerRestore(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, name string, kee
 	}
 	return call.ReplyContainerRestore(ctr.ID())
 }
+
+func getArtifact(ctr *libpod.Container) (*cc.CreateConfig, error) {
+	var createArtifact cc.CreateConfig
+	artifact, err := ctr.GetArtifact("create-config")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(artifact, &createArtifact); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &createArtifact, nil
+}
+
+// ContainerConfig returns just the container.config struct
+func (i *LibpodAPI) ContainerConfig(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, name string) error {
+	ctr, err := i.Runtime.LookupContainer(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
+	}
+	config := ctr.Config()
+	b, err := json.Marshal(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred("unable to serialize container config")
+	}
+	return call.ReplyContainerConfig(string(b))
+}
+
+// ContainerArtifacts returns an untouched container's artifact in string format
+func (i *LibpodAPI) ContainerArtifacts(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, name, artifactName string) error {
+	ctr, err := i.Runtime.LookupContainer(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
+	}
+	artifacts, err := ctr.GetArtifact(artifactName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred("unable to get container artifacts")
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(artifacts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred("unable to serialize container artifacts")
+	}
+	return call.ReplyContainerArtifacts(string(b))
+}
+
+// ContainerInspectData returns the inspect data of a container in string format
+func (i *LibpodAPI) ContainerInspectData(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, name string) error {
+	ctr, err := i.Runtime.LookupContainer(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
+	}
+	data, err := ctr.Inspect(true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred("unable to inspect container")
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred("unable to serialize container inspect data")
+	}
+	return call.ReplyContainerInspectData(string(b))
+
+}
+
+// ContainerStateData returns a container's state data in string format
+func (i *LibpodAPI) ContainerStateData(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, name string) error {
+	ctr, err := i.Runtime.LookupContainer(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
+	}
+	data, err := ctr.ContainerState()
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred("unable to obtain container state")
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred("unable to serialize container inspect data")
+	}
+	return call.ReplyContainerStateData(string(b))
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/common_test.go b/test/e2e/common_test.go
index e00a59b7f..a75601b65 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common_test.go
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 package integration
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/inspect"
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/reexec"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -227,3 +229,12 @@ func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) CreateArtifact(image string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// InspectImageJSON takes the session output of an inspect
+// image and returns json
+func (s *PodmanSessionIntegration) InspectImageJSON() []inspect.ImageData {
+	var i []inspect.ImageData
+	err := json.Unmarshal(s.Out.Contents(), &i)
+	Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+	return i
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/inspect_test.go b/test/e2e/inspect_test.go
index 38c50da14..e5c471bf9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/inspect_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/inspect_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// +build !remoteclient
-
 package integration
 
 import (
@@ -45,6 +43,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman inspect", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman inspect bogus container", func() {
+		SkipIfRemote()
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", "foobar4321"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Not(Equal(0)))
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman inspect", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman inspect container with size", func() {
+		SkipIfRemote()
 		_, ec, _ := podmanTest.RunLsContainer("")
 		Expect(ec).To(Equal(0))
 
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman inspect", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman inspect container and image", func() {
+		SkipIfRemote()
 		ls, ec, _ := podmanTest.RunLsContainer("")
 		Expect(ec).To(Equal(0))
 		cid := ls.OutputToString()
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman inspect", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman inspect -l with additional input should fail", func() {
+		SkipIfRemote()
 		result := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", "-l", "1234foobar"})
 		result.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(result.ExitCode()).To(Equal(125))
diff --git a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_remoteclient_test.go b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_remoteclient_test.go
index cad4401f8..660c2f639 100644
--- a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_remoteclient_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_remoteclient_test.go
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) RunLsContainer(name string) (*PodmanSessionInteg
 
 // InspectImageJSON takes the session output of an inspect
 // image and returns json
-func (s *PodmanSessionIntegration) InspectImageJSON() []inspect.ImageData {
-	// TODO
-	return nil
-}
+//func (s *PodmanSessionIntegration) InspectImageJSON() []inspect.ImageData {
+//	// TODO
+//	return nil
+//}
 
 func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) setDefaultRegistriesConfigEnv() {
 	defaultFile := filepath.Join(INTEGRATION_ROOT, "test/registries.conf")
diff --git a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go
index a7ce14239..48304af7f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go
@@ -118,15 +118,6 @@ func (s *PodmanSessionIntegration) InspectPodToJSON() libpod.PodInspect {
 	return i
 }
 
-// InspectImageJSON takes the session output of an inspect
-// image and returns json
-func (s *PodmanSessionIntegration) InspectImageJSON() []inspect.ImageData {
-	var i []inspect.ImageData
-	err := json.Unmarshal(s.Out.Contents(), &i)
-	Expect(err).To(BeNil())
-	return i
-}
-
 // CreatePod creates a pod with no infra container
 // it optionally takes a pod name
 func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) CreatePod(name string) (*PodmanSessionIntegration, int, string) {