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systemd-detect-virt — Detect execution in a virtualized environment. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/softwa

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Problem

How to use the systemd-detect-virt command: Detect execution in a virtualized environment. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-detect-virt.html>.

Solution

systemd-detect-virt — Detect execution in a virtualized environment. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-detect-virt.html>.

List detectable virtualization technologies:

systemd-detect-virt --list

Detect virtualization, print the result and return a zero status code when running in a VM or a container, and a non-zero code otherwise:

systemd-detect-virt

Silently check without printing anything:

systemd-detect-virt {{[-q|--quiet]}}

Only detect container virtualization:

systemd-detect-virt {{[-c|--container]}}

Only detect hardware virtualization:

systemd-detect-virt {{[-v|--vm]}}

Detect whether in a chroot environment:

systemd-detect-virt {{[-r|--chroot]}}

Code Snippets

List detectable virtualization technologies

systemd-detect-virt --list

Detect virtualization, print the result and return a zero status code when running in a VM or a container, and a non-zero code otherwise

systemd-detect-virt

Silently check without printing anything

systemd-detect-virt {{[-q|--quiet]}}

Only detect container virtualization

systemd-detect-virt {{[-c|--container]}}

Only detect hardware virtualization

systemd-detect-virt {{[-v|--vm]}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/systemd-detect-virt

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