podman-machine-stop.1.md

% podman-machine-stop(1)

NAME

podman-machine-stop - Stop a virtual machine

SYNOPSIS

podman machine stop [name]

DESCRIPTION

Stops a virtual machine.

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 stop stops a Linux virtual machine where containers are run.

OPTIONS

--help

Print usage statement.

EXAMPLES

$ podman machine stop myvm

SEE ALSO

podman(1), podman-machine(1)

HISTORY

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