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podman-machine-list - List virtual machines

podman machine list [options]

podman machine ls [options]

List Podman managed virtual machines.

Podman on MacOS and Windows requires a virtual machine. This is because containers are Linux - containers do not run on any other OS because containers' core functionality are tied to the Linux kernel. Podman machine must be used to manage MacOS and Windows machines, but can be optionally used on Linux.

Rootless only.

NOTE: The podman-machine configuration file is managed under the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/containers/podman/machine/ directory. Changing the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable while the machines are running can lead to unexpected behavior. (see podman(1))

--format=format

Change the default output format. This can be of a supported type like 'json' or a Go template. Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:

Placeholder Description
.CPUs Number of CPUs
.Created Time since VM creation
.Default Is default machine
.DiskSize Disk size of machine
.LastUp Time machine was last up
.LastUp Time since the VM was last run
.Memory Allocated memory for machine
.Name VM name
.Running Is machine running
.Stream Stream name
.VMType VM type
.Port SSH Port to use to connect to VM
.RemoteUsername VM Username for rootless Podman
.IdentityPath Path to ssh identity file

--help

Print usage statement.

--noheading

Omit the table headings from the listing of machines

--quiet, -q

Only print the name of the machine. This also implies no table heading is printed.

$ podman machine list
NAME                    VM TYPE     CREATED      LAST UP      CPUS        MEMORY      DISK SIZE
podman-machine-default  qemu        2 weeks ago  2 weeks ago  1           2.147GB     10.74GB
$ podman machine ls --format "table {{.Name}}\t{{.VMType}}\t{{.Created}}\t{{.LastUp}}"
NAME                    VM TYPE     CREATED      LAST UP
podman-machine-default  qemu        2 weeks ago  2 weeks ago
$ podman machine ls --format json
[


    {


        "Name": "podman-machine-default",


        "Default": false,


        "Created": "2021-12-27T10:36:14.373347492-05:00",


        "Running": false,


        "LastUp": "2021-12-27T11:22:50.17333371-05:00",


        "Stream": "default",


        "VMType": "qemu",


        "CPUs": 1,


        "Memory": "2147483648",


        "DiskSize": "10737418240"


    }
]

podman(1), podman-machine(1)

March 2021, Originally compiled by Ashley Cui acui@redhat.com ⟨mailto:acui@redhat.com⟩