podman-machine-stop(1)      General Commands Manual     podman-machine-stop(1)

NAME
       podman-machine-stop - Stop a virtual machine


SYNOPSIS
       podman machine stop [name]


DESCRIPTION
       Stops a virtual machine.


       The default machine name is podman-machine-default. If a machine name
       is not specified as an argument, then podman-machine-default will be
       stopped.


       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.


       podman machine stop stops a Linux virtual machine where containers are
       run.


OPTIONS
   --help
       Print usage statement.


EXAMPLES
       Stop a podman machine named myvm.

       $ podman machine stop 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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