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

NAME
     podman-machine-start - Start a virtual machine

SYNOPSIS
     podman machine start [name]

DESCRIPTION
     Starts a virtual machine for Podman.

     Rootless only.

     Podman  on  MacOS	and  Windows requires a virtual machine. This is because
     containers are Linux - containers do not run on any other OS  because  con-
     tainers'  core  functionality  are tied to the Linux kernel. Podman machine
     must be used to manage MacOS and Windows machines, but  can  be  optionally
     used on Linux.

     The  default  machine  name is podman-machine-default. If a machine name is
     not specified as an argument, then podman-machine-default will be started.

     Only one Podman managed VM can be active at a time. If a VM is already run-
     ning, podman machine start returns an error.

     podman machine start starts a Linux virtual machine  where  containers  are
     run.

OPTIONS
   --help
     Print usage statement.

   --no-info
     Suppress informational tips.

   --quiet, -q
     Suppress machine starting status output.

EXAMPLES
     Start the specified podman machine.

     $ podman machine start myvm
     Starting machine "myvm"
     This machine is currently configured in rootless mode. If your containers
     require root permissions (e.g. ports < 1024), or if you run into compatibility
     issues with non-podman clients, you can switch using the following command:

	  podman machine set --rootful myvm

     API forwarding listening on: /var/folders/my/k1kpd8ds7p938mchyb1r_4mw0000gn/T/podman/myvm-api.sock

     The system helper service is not installed; the default Docker API socket
     address can't be used by podman. If you would like to install it, run the following commands:

	     sudo /opt/homebrew/Cellar/podman/5.2.4/bin/podman-mac-helper install
	     podman machine stop myvm; podman machine start myvm

     You can still connect Docker API clients by setting DOCKER_HOST using the
     following command in your terminal session:

	     export DOCKER_HOST='unix:///var/folders/my/k1kpd8ds7p938mchyb1r_4mw0000gn/T/podman/myvm-api.sock'

     Machine "myvm" started successfully

     Start with --no-info:

     $ podman machine start --no-info myvm
     Starting machine "myvm"
     Machine "myvm" started successfully

     Start with --quiet:

     $ podman machine start --quiet myvm
     Machine "myvm" started successfully

SEE ALSO
     podman(1), podman-machine(1)

HISTORY
     March   2021,   Originally   compiled   by   Ashley   Cui	 acui@redhat.com
     <mailto:acui@redhat.com>

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