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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
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+ Copyright 2013 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
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+-->
+
+<refentry id="machinectl" conditional='ENABLE_MACHINED'>
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>machinectl</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>machinectl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Control the systemd machine manager</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>machinectl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>machinectl</command> may be used to
+ introspect and control the state of the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ virtual machine and container registration manager <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-h</option></term>
+ <term><option>--help</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Prints a short help
+ text and exits.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--version</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Prints a short version
+ string and exits.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-p</option></term>
+ <term><option>--property=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When showing
+ session/user properties, limit
+ display to certain properties as
+ specified as argument. If not
+ specified, all set properties are
+ shown. The argument should be a
+ property name, such as
+ <literal>Name</literal>. If
+ specified more than once, all
+ properties with the specified names
+ are shown.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-a</option></term>
+ <term><option>--all</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When showing
+ unit/job/manager properties, show all
+ properties regardless whether they are
+ set or not.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-l</option></term>
+ <term><option>--full</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize cgroup
+ members.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
+ pager.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not query the user
+ for authentication for privileged
+ operations.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with
+ <command>kill-session</command>,
+ choose which processes to kill. Must
+ be one of <option>leader</option>, or
+ <option>all</option> to select whether
+ to kill only the leader process of the
+ session or all processes of the
+ session. If omitted, defaults to
+ <option>all</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-s</option></term>
+ <term><option>--signal=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with
+ <command>kill-session</command> or
+ <command>kill-user</command>, choose
+ which signal to send to selected
+ processes. Must be one of the well
+ known signal specifiers, such as
+ <constant>SIGTERM</constant>,
+ <constant>SIGINT</constant> or
+ <constant>SIGSTOP</constant>. If
+ omitted, defaults to
+ <constant>SIGTERM</constant>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-H</option></term>
+ <term><option>--host</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Execute operation
+ remotely. Specify a hostname, or
+ username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>,
+ to connect to. This will use SSH to
+ talk to the remote machine manager
+ instance.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-P</option></term>
+ <term><option>--privileged</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Acquire privileges via
+ PolicyKit before executing the
+ operation.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>List currently running
+ virtual machines and containers.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>status [ID...]</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>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 <command>show</command> instead.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>show [ID...]</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>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 a an
+ ID is specified, properties of this
+ virtual machine or container are
+ shown. By default, empty properties
+ are suppressed. Use
+ <option>--all</option> to show those
+ too. To select specific properties to
+ show, use
+ <option>--property=</option>. This
+ command is intended to be used
+ whenever computer-parsable output is
+ required. Use
+ <command>status</command> if you are
+ looking for formatted human-readable
+ output.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>terminate [ID...]</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Terminates a virtual
+ machine or container. This kills all
+ processes of the virtual machine or
+ container and deallocates all
+ resources attached to that
+ instance.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>kill [ID...]</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>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 <option>--kill-who=</option> to
+ select which process to kill. Use
+ <option>--signal=</option> to select
+ the signal to send.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ code otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Environment</title>
+
+ <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Pager to use when
+ <option>--no-pager</option> is not given;
+ overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>. Setting
+ this to an empty string or the value
+ <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing
+ <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>