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 containers' 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 running, 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

       $ podman machine start myvm

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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