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-rw-r--r--cmd/podman/machine/start.go13
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-start.1.md3
-rw-r--r--pkg/machine/config.go2
-rw-r--r--pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go14
4 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/machine/start.go b/cmd/podman/machine/start.go
index d06e04f41..4334cfc0f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/machine/start.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/machine/start.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/domain/entities"
"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/machine"
"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/machine/qemu"
+ "github.com/pkg/errors"
"github.com/spf13/cobra"
)
@@ -40,6 +41,18 @@ func start(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
if len(args) > 0 && len(args[0]) > 0 {
vmName = args[0]
}
+
+ // We only have qemu VM's for now
+ active, activeName, err := qemu.CheckActiveVM()
+ if err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ if active {
+ if vmName == activeName {
+ return errors.Wrapf(machine.ErrVMAlreadyRunning, "cannot start VM %s", vmName)
+ }
+ return errors.Wrapf(machine.ErrMultipleActiveVM, "cannot start VM %s. VM %s is currently running", vmName, activeName)
+ }
switch vmType {
default:
vm, err = qemu.LoadVMByName(vmName)
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-start.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-start.1.md
index 22942767a..b430f51eb 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-start.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-start.1.md
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ 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.
+Only one Podman managed VM can be active at a time. If a VM is already running,
+`podman machine start` will return an error.
+
**podman machine start** starts a Linux virtual machine where containers are run.
## OPTIONS
diff --git a/pkg/machine/config.go b/pkg/machine/config.go
index 32b3b5c2b..652229963 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/config.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/config.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ var (
DefaultIgnitionUserName = "core"
ErrNoSuchVM = errors.New("VM does not exist")
ErrVMAlreadyExists = errors.New("VM already exists")
+ ErrVMAlreadyRunning = errors.New("VM already running")
+ ErrMultipleActiveVM = errors.New("only one VM can be active at a time")
)
type Download struct {
diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
index fd22f465b..269a2a2da 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
@@ -519,3 +519,17 @@ func IsValidVMName(name string) (bool, error) {
}
return false, nil
}
+
+// CheckActiveVM checks if there is a VM already running
+func CheckActiveVM() (bool, string, error) {
+ vms, err := GetVMInfos()
+ if err != nil {
+ return false, "", errors.Wrap(err, "error checking VM active")
+ }
+ for _, vm := range vms {
+ if vm.Running {
+ return true, vm.Name, nil
+ }
+ }
+ return false, "", nil
+}