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24 <refentry id="machinectl" conditional='ENABLE_MACHINED'>
25
26 <refentryinfo>
27 <title>machinectl</title>
28 <productname>systemd</productname>
29
30 <authorgroup>
31 <author>
32 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34 <surname>Poettering</surname>
35 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
36 </author>
37 </authorgroup>
38 </refentryinfo>
39
40 <refmeta>
41 <refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle>
42 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
43 </refmeta>
44
45 <refnamediv>
46 <refname>machinectl</refname>
47 <refpurpose>Control the systemd machine manager</refpurpose>
48 </refnamediv>
49
50 <refsynopsisdiv>
51 <cmdsynopsis>
52 <command>machinectl</command>
53 <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
54 <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
55 <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg>
56 </cmdsynopsis>
57 </refsynopsisdiv>
58
59 <refsect1>
60 <title>Description</title>
61
62 <para><command>machinectl</command> may be used to
63 introspect and control the state of the
64 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
65 virtual machine and container registration manager <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
66 </refsect1>
67
68 <refsect1>
69 <title>Options</title>
70
71 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
72
73 <variablelist>
74 <varlistentry>
75 <term><option>-h</option></term>
76 <term><option>--help</option></term>
77
78 <listitem><para>Prints a short help
79 text and exits.</para></listitem>
80 </varlistentry>
81
82 <varlistentry>
83 <term><option>--version</option></term>
84
85 <listitem><para>Prints a short version
86 string and exits.</para></listitem>
87 </varlistentry>
88
89 <varlistentry>
90 <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
91
92 <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
93 pager.</para></listitem>
94 </varlistentry>
95
96 <varlistentry>
97 <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
98
99 <listitem><para>Do not query the user
100 for authentication for privileged
101 operations.</para></listitem>
102 </varlistentry>
103
104 <varlistentry>
105 <term><option>-H</option></term>
106 <term><option>--host=</option></term>
107
108 <listitem><para>Execute the operation
109 remotely. Specify a hostname, or
110 username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>,
111 to connect to. This will use SSH to
112 talk to the remote machine manager
113 instance.</para></listitem>
114 </varlistentry>
115
116 <varlistentry>
117 <term><option>-M</option></term>
118 <term><option>--machine=</option></term>
119
120 <listitem><para>Execute the operation on a
121 local container. Specify a container
122 name to connect to.</para></listitem>
123 </varlistentry>
124
125 <varlistentry>
126 <term><option>-p</option></term>
127 <term><option>--property=</option></term>
128
129 <listitem><para>When showing
130 machine properties, limit the
131 output to certain properties as
132 specified by the argument. If not
133 specified, all set properties are
134 shown. The argument should be a
135 property name, such as
136 <literal>Name</literal>. If
137 specified more than once, all
138 properties with the specified names
139 are shown.</para></listitem>
140 </varlistentry>
141
142 <varlistentry>
143 <term><option>-a</option></term>
144 <term><option>--all</option></term>
145
146 <listitem><para>When showing
147 machine properties, show all
148 properties regardless of whether they are
149 set or not.</para></listitem>
150 </varlistentry>
151
152 <varlistentry>
153 <term><option>-l</option></term>
154 <term><option>--full</option></term>
155
156 <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize
157 process tree entries.</para>
158 </listitem>
159 </varlistentry>
160
161 <varlistentry>
162 <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term>
163
164 <listitem><para>When used with
165 <command>kill-machine</command>,
166 choose which processes to kill. Must
167 be one of <option>leader</option>, or
168 <option>all</option> to select whether
169 to kill only the leader process of the
170 machine or all processes of the
171 machine. If omitted, defaults to
172 <option>all</option>.</para></listitem>
173 </varlistentry>
174
175 <varlistentry>
176 <term><option>-s</option></term>
177 <term><option>--signal=</option></term>
178
179 <listitem><para>When used with
180 <command>kill-machine</command>, choose
181 which signal to send to selected
182 processes. Must be one of the
183 well-known signal specifiers, such as
184 <constant>SIGTERM</constant>,
185 <constant>SIGINT</constant> or
186 <constant>SIGSTOP</constant>. If
187 omitted, defaults to
188 <constant>SIGTERM</constant>.</para></listitem>
189 </varlistentry>
190
191 </variablelist>
192
193 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
194
195 <variablelist>
196 <varlistentry>
197 <term><command>list</command></term>
198
199 <listitem><para>List currently running
200 virtual machines and containers.
201 </para></listitem>
202 </varlistentry>
203
204 <varlistentry>
205 <term><command>status [ID...]</command></term>
206
207 <listitem><para>Show terse runtime
208 status information about one or more
209 virtual machines and containers. This
210 function is intended to generate
211 human-readable output. If you are
212 looking for computer-parsable output,
213 use <command>show</command> instead.
214 </para></listitem>
215 </varlistentry>
216
217 <varlistentry>
218 <term><command>show [ID...]</command></term>
219
220 <listitem><para>Show properties of one
221 or more registered virtual machines or
222 containers or the manager itself. If
223 no argument is specified, properties
224 of the manager will be shown. If an
225 ID is specified, properties of this
226 virtual machine or container are
227 shown. By default, empty properties
228 are suppressed. Use
229 <option>--all</option> to show those
230 too. To select specific properties to
231 show, use
232 <option>--property=</option>. This
233 command is intended to be used
234 whenever computer-parsable output is
235 required. Use
236 <command>status</command> if you are
237 looking for formatted human-readable
238 output.</para></listitem>
239 </varlistentry>
240
241 <varlistentry>
242 <term><command>terminate [ID...]</command></term>
243
244 <listitem><para>Terminates a virtual
245 machine or container. This kills all
246 processes of the virtual machine or
247 container and deallocates all
248 resources attached to that
249 instance.</para></listitem>
250 </varlistentry>
251
252 <varlistentry>
253 <term><command>kill [ID...]</command></term>
254
255 <listitem><para>Send a signal to one
256 or more processes of the virtual
257 machine or container. This means
258 processes as seen by the host, not the
259 processes inside the virtual machine
260 or container.
261 Use <option>--kill-who=</option> to
262 select which process to kill. Use
263 <option>--signal=</option> to select
264 the signal to send.</para></listitem>
265 </varlistentry>
266
267 <varlistentry>
268 <term><command>login [ID]</command></term>
269
270 <listitem><para>Open a terminal login
271 session to a container. This will
272 create a TTY connection to a specific
273 container and asks for the execution of a
274 getty on it. Note that this is only
275 supported for containers running
276 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
277 as init system.</para></listitem>
278 </varlistentry>
279 </variablelist>
280
281 </refsect1>
282
283 <refsect1>
284 <title>Exit status</title>
285
286 <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
287 code otherwise.</para>
288 </refsect1>
289
290 <refsect1>
291 <title>Environment</title>
292
293 <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
294 <varlistentry>
295 <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
296 <listitem><para>Pager to use when
297 <option>--no-pager</option> is not given;
298 overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>. Setting
299 this to an empty string or the value
300 <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing
301 <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem>
302 </varlistentry>
303 </variablelist>
304 </refsect1>
305
306 <refsect1>
307 <title>See Also</title>
308 <para>
309 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
310 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
311 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
312 </para>
313 </refsect1>
314
315 </refentry>