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     1  % podman-machine-start(1)
     2  
     3  ## NAME
     4  podman\-machine\-start - Start a virtual machine
     5  
     6  ## SYNOPSIS
     7  **podman machine start** [*name*]
     8  
     9  ## DESCRIPTION
    10  
    11  Starts a virtual machine for Podman.
    12  
    13  Podman on macOS requires a virtual machine. This is because containers are Linux -
    14  containers do not run on any other OS because containers' core functionality are
    15  tied to the Linux kernel.
    16  
    17  Only one Podman managed VM can be active at a time. If a VM is already running,
    18  `podman machine start` will return an error.
    19  
    20  **podman machine start** starts a Linux virtual machine where containers are run.
    21  
    22  ## OPTIONS
    23  
    24  #### **--help**
    25  
    26  Print usage statement.
    27  
    28  ## EXAMPLES
    29  
    30  ```
    31  $ podman machine start myvm
    32  ```
    33  
    34  ## SEE ALSO
    35  **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-machine(1)](podman-machine.1.md)**
    36  
    37  ## HISTORY
    38  March 2021, Originally compiled by Ashley Cui <acui@redhat.com>