Provided by: podman_5.4.1+ds1-1_amd64 

NAME
podman-machine-info - Display machine host info
SYNOPSIS
podman machine info
DESCRIPTION
Display information pertaining to the machine host. Rootless only, as all podman machine commands can be
only be used with rootless Podman.
Note: The DefaultMachine field in the Host output does not suggest that one can set a default podman
machine via system connections. This value represents the current active system connection associated
with a podman machine. Regardless of the default system connection, the default podman machine will
always be podman-machine-default.
OPTIONS
--format, -f=format
Change output format to "json" or a Go template.
┌──────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Placeholder │ Description │
├──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│ .Host ... │ Host information for local machine │
├──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│ .Version ... │ Version of the machine │
└──────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘
--help
Print usage statement.
EXAMPLES
Display default Podman machine info.
$ podman machine info
Host:
Arch: amd64
CurrentMachine: ""
DefaultMachine: ""
EventsDir: /run/user/3267/podman
MachineConfigDir: /home/myusername/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu
MachineImageDir: /home/myusername/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu
MachineState: ""
NumberOfMachines: 0
OS: linux
VMType: qemu
Version:
APIVersion: 4.4.0
Built: 1677097848
BuiltTime: Wed Feb 22 15:30:48 2023
GitCommit: aa196c0d5c9abd5800edf9e27587c60343a26c2b-dirty
GoVersion: go1.20
Os: linux
OsArch: linux/amd64
Version: 4.4.0
Display default Podman machine info formatted as json.
$ podman machine info --format json
{
"Host": {
"Arch": "amd64",
"CurrentMachine": "",
"DefaultMachine": "",
"EventsDir": "/run/user/3267/podman",
"MachineConfigDir": "/home/myusername/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu",
"MachineImageDir": "/home/myusername/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu",
"MachineState": "",
"NumberOfMachines": 0,
"OS": "linux",
"VMType": "qemu"
},
"Version": {
"APIVersion": "4.4.0",
"Version": "4.4.0",
"GoVersion": "go1.20",
"GitCommit": "aa196c0d5c9abd5800edf9e27587c60343a26c2b-dirty",
"BuiltTime": "Wed Feb 22 15:30:48 2023",
"Built": 1677097848,
"OsArch": "linux/amd64",
"Os": "linux"
}
}
Display default Podman machine Host.Arch field.
$ podman machine info --format "{{ .Host.Arch }}"
amd64
SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-machine(1)
HISTORY
June 2022, Originally compiled by Ashley Cui acui@redhat.com ⟨mailto:acui@redhat.com⟩
podman-machine-info(1)