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))
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 |
Print usage statement.
Omit the table headings from the listing of machines
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>