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

6       podman-machine-set - Sets a virtual machine setting
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SYNOPSIS

10       podman machine set [options] [name]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Change a machine setting.
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17       Rootless only.
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OPTIONS

21   --cpus=number
22       Number of CPUs.  Only supported for QEMU machines.
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26       Size  of  the disk for the guest VM in GB.  Can only be increased. Only
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30   --help
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34   --memory, -m=number
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39       Whether this machine should prefer rootful (true) or  rootless  (false)
40       container  execution.  This  option will also update the current podman
41       remote connection default if it is currently pointing at the  specified
42       machine name (or podman-machine-default if no name is specified).
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45       Unlike  [podman  system  connection default] this option will also make
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EXAMPLES

51       To  switch the default VM podman-machine-default from rootless to root‐
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SEE ALSO

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

86       February  2022,  Originally  compiled by Jason Greene jason.greene@red‐
87       hat.com ⟨mailto:jason.greene@redhat.com⟩
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