docs: def inspect_container(self, container_alias):
  
          '''
              a method to retrieve the settings of a container
              
          :param container_alias: string with name or id of container
          :return: dictionary of settings of container
  
          { TOO MANY TO LIST }
          '''
  
          title = '%s.inspect_container' % self.__class__.__name__
  
      # validate inputs
          input_fields = {
              'container_alias': container_alias
          }
          for key, value in input_fields.items():
              object_title = '%s(%s=%s)' % (title, key, str(value))
              self.fields.validate(value, '.%s' % key, object_title)
      
      # send inspect command
          import json
          sys_command = 'docker inspect %s' % container_alias
          output_dict = json.loads(self.command(sys_command))
          container_settings = output_dict[0]
  
          return container_settings