podman-machine-info
podman-machine-info(1) General Commands Manual podman-machine-info(1)
NAME
podman-machine-info - Display machine host infoSYNOPSIS
podman machine infoDESCRIPTION
Display information pertaining to the machine host. Rootless only, as all podman machine commands can be only be used with rootless Podman.
Note: The DefaultMachine field in the Host output does not suggest that one can set a default podman machine via system connections. This value represents the current active system
connection associated with a podman machine. Regardless of the default system connection, the default podman machine will always be podman-machine-default.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
Display default Podman machine info.
$ 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
Display default Podman machine info formatted as json.
$ 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"
}
}
Display default Podman machine Host.Arch field.
$ podman machine info --format "{{ .Host.Arch }}"
amd64SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-machine(1)HISTORY
June 2022, Originally compiled by Ashley Cui acui@redhat.com ⟨mailto:acui@redhat.com⟩
podman-machine-info(1)