podman-machine-info(1)

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.

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.1.md), podman-machine(1)(podman-machine.1.md)

HISTORY

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