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.TH podman-machine-restart 1
.SH NAME
podman-machine-restart \- Restart a virtual machine

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBpodman machine restart\fP [\fIoptions\fP] [\fIname\fP]

.SH DESCRIPTION
Restarts a virtual machine for Podman.

.PP
The default machine name is \fBpodman-machine-default\fR\&. If a machine name is not specified as an argument,
then \fBpodman-machine-default\fR will be restarted.

.PP
Stopping an already stopped virtual machine is not considered an error so running restart on a stopped
virtual machine just starts it from a stopped state.

.PP
\fBpodman machine restart\fP stops and then starts a Linux virtual machine where containers are run.

.SH OPTIONS
.SS \fB--help\fP
Print usage statement.

.SS \fB--no-info\fP
Suppress informational tips.

.SS \fB--quiet\fP, \fB-q\fP
Suppress machine restarting status output.

.SH EXAMPLES
Restart a podman machine named myvm.

.EX
$ podman machine restart myvm
.EE

.SH SEE ALSO
\fBpodman(1)\fP, \fBpodman-machine(1)\fP, \fBpodman-machine-start(1)\fP, \fBpodman-machine-stop(1)\fP

.SH HISTORY
May 2026, Originally compiled by Jait Jacob jai8.jacob@gmail.com
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