tldr/pages/common/podman-machine.md

podman machine

Create and manage virtual machines running Podman. Included with Podman version 4 or greater. More information: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-machine.1.html.

• List existing machines:

podman machine {{[ls|list]}}

• Create a new default machine:

podman machine init

• Create a new machine with a specific name:

podman machine init {{name}}

• Create a new machine with different resources:

podman machine init --cpus {{4}} --memory {{4096}} --disk-size {{50}}

• Start or stop a machine:

podman machine {{start|stop}} {{name}}

• Connect to a running machine via SSH:

podman machine ssh {{name}}

• Inspect information about a machine:

podman machine inspect {{name}}