1podman-machine-start(1)()                            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       Podman  on macOS requires a virtual machine. This is because containers
18       are Linux - containers do not run on any other OS  because  containers'
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22       Only  one Podman managed VM can be active at a time. If a VM is already
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26       podman machine start starts a Linux virtual  machine  where  containers
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OPTIONS

31   --help
32       Print usage statement.
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EXAMPLES

36              $ podman machine start myvm
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SEE ALSO

41       podman-machine (1)
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HISTORY

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