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podman-machine-info(1) General Commands Manual podman-machine-info(1)

NAME

podman-machine-info - Display machine host info

SYNOPSIS

podman machine info

DESCRIPTION

Display information pertaining to the machine host. Rootless only, as all podman machine commands can be only be used with rootless Podman.

OPTIONS

--format, -f=format

Change output format to "json" or a Go template.

Placeholder Description
.Host ... Host information for local machine
.Version ... Version of the machine

--help

Print usage statement.

EXAMPLES

$ podman machine info
Host:

Arch: amd64
CurrentMachine: ""
DefaultMachine: ""
EventsDir: /run/user/3267/podman
MachineConfigDir: /home/myusername/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu
MachineImageDir: /home/myusername/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu
MachineState: ""
NumberOfMachines: 0
OS: linux
VMType: qemu Version:
APIVersion: 4.4.0
Built: 1677097848
BuiltTime: Wed Feb 22 15:30:48 2023
GitCommit: aa196c0d5c9abd5800edf9e27587c60343a26c2b-dirty
GoVersion: go1.20
Os: linux
OsArch: linux/amd64
Version: 4.4.0

$ podman machine info --format json
{

"Host": {
"Arch": "amd64",
"CurrentMachine": "",
"DefaultMachine": "",
"EventsDir": "/run/user/3267/podman",
"MachineConfigDir": "/home/myusername/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu",
"MachineImageDir": "/home/myusername/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu",
"MachineState": "",
"NumberOfMachines": 0,
"OS": "linux",
"VMType": "qemu"
},
"Version": {
"APIVersion": "4.4.0",
"Version": "4.4.0",
"GoVersion": "go1.20",
"GitCommit": "aa196c0d5c9abd5800edf9e27587c60343a26c2b-dirty",
"BuiltTime": "Wed Feb 22 15:30:48 2023",
"Built": 1677097848,
"OsArch": "linux/amd64",
"Os": "linux"
} }

$ podman machine info --format "{{ .Host.Arch }}"
amd64

SEE ALSO

podman(1), podman-machine(1)

HISTORY

June 2022, Originally compiled by Ashley Cui acui@redhat.com ⟨mailto:acui@redhat.com⟩