From 53057d5c20b2abf7ffc672972cbc83018ba0ed6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ashley Cui Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:18:28 -0400 Subject: Check if another VM is running on machine start Only one VM can be up at a time. If another VM is running, or the current VM is running, error out on a podman machine start [NO TESTS NEEDED] Signed-off-by: Ashley Cui --- docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-start.1.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/source') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf