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  <a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 215</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="machinectl"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>machinectl — Control the systemd machine manager</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">machinectl</code>  [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND} [NAME...]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214179067312"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p><span class="command"><strong>machinectl</strong></span> may be used to
                introspect and control the state of the
                <a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>
                virtual machine and container registration manager <a href="systemd-machined.service.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-machined.service</span>(8)</span></a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214179063888"></a><h2 id="Options">Options<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Options">¶</a></h2><p>The following options are understood:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="-p"><span class="term"><code class="option">-p</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--property=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#-p">¶</a></dt><dd><p>When showing
                                machine properties, limit the
                                output to certain properties as
                                specified by the argument. If not
                                specified, all set properties are
                                shown. The argument should be a
                                property name, such as
                                "<code class="literal">Name</code>". If
                                specified more than once, all
                                properties with the specified names
                                are shown.</p></dd><dt id="-a"><span class="term"><code class="option">-a</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--all</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#-a">¶</a></dt><dd><p>When showing
                                machine properties, show all
                                properties regardless of whether they are
                                set or not.</p></dd><dt id="-l"><span class="term"><code class="option">-l</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--full</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#-l">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Do not ellipsize
                                process tree entries.</p></dd><dt id="--kill-who="><span class="term"><code class="option">--kill-who=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--kill-who=">¶</a></dt><dd><p>When used with
                                <span class="command"><strong>kill</strong></span>,
                                choose which processes to kill. Must
                                be one of <code class="option">leader</code>, or
                                <code class="option">all</code> to select whether
                                to kill only the leader process of the
                                machine or all processes of the
                                machine. If omitted, defaults to
                                <code class="option">all</code>.</p></dd><dt id="-s"><span class="term"><code class="option">-s</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--signal=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#-s">¶</a></dt><dd><p>When used with
                                <span class="command"><strong>kill</strong></span>, choose
                                which signal to send to selected
                                processes. Must be one of the
                                well-known signal specifiers, such as
                                <code class="constant">SIGTERM</code>,
                                <code class="constant">SIGINT</code> or
                                <code class="constant">SIGSTOP</code>. If
                                omitted, defaults to
                                <code class="constant">SIGTERM</code>.</p></dd><dt id="--no-legend"><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-legend</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--no-legend">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Do not print the legend,
                                        i.e. the column headers and the
                                        footer.</p></dd><dt id="-H"><span class="term"><code class="option">-H</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#-H">¶</a></dt><dd><p><a name="host-text"></a>Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or a
      username and hostname separated by "<code class="literal">@</code>", to
      connect to. The hostname may optionally be suffixed by a
      container name, separated by "<code class="literal">:</code>", which
      connects directly to a specific container on the specified
      host. This will use SSH to talk to the remote machine manager
      instance. Container names may be enumerated with
      <span class="command"><strong>machinectl -H
      <em class="replaceable"><code>HOST</code></em></strong></span>.</p></dd><dt id="-M"><span class="term"><code class="option">-M</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--machine=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#-M">¶</a></dt><dd><p><a name="machine-text"></a>Execute operation on a local container. Specify a
      container name to connect to.</p></dd><dt id="-h"><span class="term"><code class="option">-h</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#-h">¶</a></dt><dd><p><a name="help-text"></a>Print a short help text and exit.
    </p></dd><dt id="--version"><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--version">¶</a></dt><dd><p><a name="version-text"></a>Print a short version string and exit.</p></dd><dt id="--no-pager"><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-pager</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--no-pager">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Do not pipe output into a pager.</p></dd></dl></div><p>The following commands are understood:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="list"><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>list</strong></span></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#list">¶</a></dt><dd><p>List currently running
                                virtual machines and containers.
                                </p></dd><dt id="status ID..."><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>status</strong></span> <em class="replaceable"><code>ID</code></em>...</span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#status%20ID...">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Show terse runtime
                                status information about one or more
                                virtual machines and containers. This
                                function is intended to generate
                                human-readable output. If you are
                                looking for computer-parsable output,
                                use <span class="command"><strong>show</strong></span> instead.
                                </p></dd><dt id="show ID..."><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>show</strong></span> <em class="replaceable"><code>ID</code></em>...</span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#show%20ID...">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Show properties of one
                                or more registered virtual machines or
                                containers or the manager itself. If
                                no argument is specified, properties
                                of the manager will be shown. If an
                                ID is specified, properties of this
                                virtual machine or container are
                                shown. By default, empty properties
                                are suppressed. Use
                                <code class="option">--all</code> to show those
                                too. To select specific properties to
                                show, use
                                <code class="option">--property=</code>. This
                                command is intended to be used
                                whenever computer-parsable output is
                                required. Use
                                <span class="command"><strong>status</strong></span> if you are
                                looking for formatted human-readable
                                output.</p></dd><dt id="login ID"><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>login</strong></span> <em class="replaceable"><code>ID</code></em></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#login%20ID">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Open a terminal login
                                session to a container. This will
                                create a TTY connection to a specific
                                container and asks for the execution of a
                                getty on it. Note that this is only
                                supported for containers running
                                <a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>
                                as init system.</p></dd><dt id="reboot ID..."><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>reboot</strong></span> <em class="replaceable"><code>ID</code></em>...</span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#reboot%20ID...">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Reboot one or more
                                containers. This will trigger a reboot
                                by sending SIGINT to the container's
                                init process, which is roughly
                                equivalent to pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del on
                                a non-containerized system, and is
                                compatible with containers running any
                                init system.</p></dd><dt id="poweroff ID..."><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>poweroff</strong></span> <em class="replaceable"><code>ID</code></em>...</span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#poweroff%20ID...">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Power off one or more
                                containers. This will trigger a reboot
                                by sending SIGRTMIN+4 to the
                                container's init process, which causes
                                systemd-compatible init systems to
                                shut down cleanly. This operation does
                                not work on containers that do not run
                                a
                                <a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>-compatible
                                init system, such as
                                sysvinit.</p></dd><dt id="kill ID..."><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>kill</strong></span> <em class="replaceable"><code>ID</code></em>...</span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#kill%20ID...">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Send a signal to one
                                or more processes of the virtual
                                machine or container. This means
                                processes as seen by the host, not the
                                processes inside the virtual machine
                                or container.
                                Use <code class="option">--kill-who=</code> to
                                select which process to kill. Use
                                <code class="option">--signal=</code> to select
                                the signal to send.</p></dd><dt id="terminate ID..."><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>terminate</strong></span> <em class="replaceable"><code>ID</code></em>...</span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#terminate%20ID...">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Terminates a virtual
                                machine or container. This kills all
                                processes of the virtual machine or
                                container and deallocates all
                                resources attached to that
                                instance.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214177992512"></a><h2 id="Exit status">Exit status<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Exit%20status">¶</a></h2><p>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
                code otherwise.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214164915280"></a><h2 id="Environment">Environment<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Environment">¶</a></h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="$SYSTEMD_PAGER"><span class="term"><code class="varname">$SYSTEMD_PAGER</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#%24SYSTEMD_PAGER">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Pager to use when
                        <code class="option">--no-pager</code> is not given;
                        overrides <code class="varname">$PAGER</code>.  Setting
                        this to an empty string or the value
                        "<code class="literal">cat</code>" is equivalent to passing
                        <code class="option">--no-pager</code>.</p></dd><dt id="$SYSTEMD_LESS"><span class="term"><code class="varname">$SYSTEMD_LESS</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#%24SYSTEMD_LESS">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Override the default
                        options passed to
                        <span class="command"><strong>less</strong></span>
                        ("<code class="literal">FRSXMK</code>").</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214177990864"></a><h2 id="See Also">See Also<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#See%20Also">¶</a></h2><p>
                        <a href="systemd-machined.service.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-machined.service</span>(8)</span></a>,
                        <a href="systemd-nspawn.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-nspawn</span>(1)</span></a>,
                        <a href="systemd.special.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd.special</span>(7)</span></a>
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