NAME

       podman-machine-ssh - SSH into a virtual machine

SYNOPSIS

       podman machine ssh [options] [name] [command [arg ...]]

DESCRIPTION

       SSH into a Podman-managed virtual machine and optionally execute a command on the virtual machine. Unless
       using  the  default  virtual  machine,  the first argument must be the virtual machine name. The optional
       command to execute can then follow. If no command is provided, an interactive session  with  the  virtual
       machine is established.

       The  exit  code  from  ssh  command  is  forwarded  to  the  podman  machine  ssh  caller, see Exit Codes
       ⟨#Exit-Codes⟩.

       The default machine name is podman-machine-default. If a machine name is not specified  as  an  argument,
       then podman-machine-default will be SSH'd into.

       Rootless only.

OPTIONS

   --help
       Print usage statement.

   --username=name
       Username to use when SSH-ing into the VM.

Exit Codes

       The  exit  code  from  podman  machine  ssh  gives information about why the command failed.  When podman
       machine ssh commands exit with a non-zero code, the exit codes follow the chroot standard, see below:

       125 The error is with podman itself

       $ podman machine ssh --foo; echo $?
       Error: unknown flag: --foo
       125

       126 Executing a contained command and the command cannot be invoked

       $ podman machine ssh /etc; echo $?
       Error: fork/exec /etc: permission denied
       126

       127 Executing a contained command and the command cannot be found

       $ podman machine ssh foo; echo $?
       Error: fork/exec /usr/bin/bogus: no such file or directory
       127

       Exit code contained command exit code

       $ podman machine ssh /bin/sh -c 'exit 3'; echo $?
       3

EXAMPLES

       To get an interactive session with the default virtual machine:

       $ podman machine ssh

       To get an interactive session with a VM called myvm:

       $ podman machine ssh myvm

       To run a command on the default virtual machine:

       $ podman machine ssh rpm -q podman

       To run a command on a VM called myvm:

       $ podman machine ssh  myvm rpm -q podman

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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