1podman-machine-start(1)     General Commands Manual    podman-machine-start(1)
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NAME

6       podman-machine-start - Start a virtual machine
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SYNOPSIS

10       podman machine start [name]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Starts a virtual machine for Podman.
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17       Rootless only.
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20       Podman on MacOS and Windows requires a virtual machine. This is because
21       containers are Linux - containers do not run on any  other  OS  because
22       containers' core functionality are tied to the Linux kernel. Podman ma‐
23       chine must be used to manage MacOS and Windows machines, but can be op‐
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27       The  default  machine name is podman-machine-default. If a machine name
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32       Only  one Podman managed VM can be active at a time. If a VM is already
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36       podman machine start starts a Linux virtual  machine  where  containers
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OPTIONS

41   --help
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EXAMPLES

54       $ podman machine start myvm
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SEE ALSO

59       podman(1), podman-machine(1)
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HISTORY

63       March   2021,   Originally   compiled  by  Ashley  Cui  acui@redhat.com
64       ⟨mailto:acui@redhat.com⟩
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