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Problem

How to use the podman machine command: Create and manage virtual machines running Podman. Included with Podman version 4 or greater. More information: <https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-machine.1.html>.

Solution

podman machine — Create and manage virtual machines running Podman. Included with Podman version 4 or greater. More information: <https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-machine.1.html>.

List existing machines:

podman machine {{[ls|list]}}

Create a new default machine:

podman machine init

Create a new machine with a specific name:

podman machine init {{name}}

Create a new machine with different resources:

podman machine init --cpus {{4}} --memory {{4096}} --disk-size {{50}}

Start or stop a machine:

podman machine {{start|stop}} {{name}}

Connect to a running machine via SSH:

podman machine ssh {{name}}

Inspect information about a machine:

podman machine inspect {{name}}

Code Snippets

List existing machines

podman machine {{[ls|list]}}

Create a new default machine

podman machine init

Create a new machine with a specific name

podman machine init {{name}}

Create a new machine with different resources

podman machine init --cpus {{4}} --memory {{4096}} --disk-size {{50}}

Start or stop a machine

podman machine {{start|stop}} {{name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/podman machine

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