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Ashley Cui a861f6fd3e Podman machine CLI and interface stub

Podman machine will be a mac-only command that manages the VM where
containers are run. Currently, only the CLI is written and the interface
function for the VM management is stub for future developement

The podman machine cli is only built on mac builds.

Signed-off-by: Ashley Cui <acui@redhat.com>

2021-03-25 08:41:11 -05:00

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NAME

podman-machine-start - Start a virtual machine

SYNOPSIS

podman machine start name

DESCRIPTION

Starts a virtual machine for Podman.

Podman on MacOS 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 start starts a Linux virtual machine where containers are run.

OPTIONS

--help

Print usage statement.

EXAMPLES

$ podman machine start myvm

HISTORY

March 2021, Originally compiled by Ashley Cui acui@redhat.com

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