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

HISTORY

June 2022, Originally compiled by Ashley Cui acui@redhat.com ⟨mailto:acui@redhat.com⟩