podman/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-ssh.1.md

% podman-machine-ssh(1)

NAME

podman-machine-ssh - SSH into a virtual machine

SYNOPSIS

podman machine ssh [options] [name] [command [arg ...]]

DESCRIPTION

SSH into a Podman-managed 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.

OPTIONS

--execute, -e

Execute the given command on the VM

--help

Print usage statement.

EXAMPLES

To get an interactive session with a VM called myvm:

$ podman machine ssh myvm

To run a command on a VM called myvm:

$ podman machine ssh -e myvm -- rpm -q podman

SEE ALSO

podman-machine (1)

HISTORY

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