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

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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

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        '''

        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