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machinectl — Control the systemd machine manager. Execute operations on virtual machines, containers, and images.

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Problem

How to use the machinectl command: Control the systemd machine manager. Execute operations on virtual machines, containers, and images. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/machinectl.html>.

Solution

machinectl — Control the systemd machine manager. Execute operations on virtual machines, containers, and images. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/machinectl.html>.

Start a machine as a service using systemd-nspawn:

sudo machinectl start {{machine_name}}

Stop a running machine:

sudo machinectl stop {{machine_name}}

Display a list of running machines:

machinectl list

Open an interactive shell inside the machine:

sudo machinectl shell {{machine_name}}

Code Snippets

Start a machine as a service using `systemd-nspawn`

sudo machinectl start {{machine_name}}

Stop a running machine

sudo machinectl stop {{machine_name}}

Display a list of running machines

machinectl list

Open an interactive shell inside the machine

sudo machinectl shell {{machine_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/machinectl

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