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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