a command that prints out podman socket address

[davidhsingyuchen]

/kind feature

Context: #11397 (comment).

Currently the socket address seems to be only printed in the output of podman machine start:

You can still connect Docker API clients by setting DOCKER_HOST using the
following command in your terminal session:

	export DOCKER_HOST='unix:///Users/davidhyc/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/podman-machine-default/podman.sock'

However, it'll be great to be able to get that info anytime when my podman machine is running.

[arixmkii]

You can extract it from the output of podman machine inspect:

% podman machine inspect | grep .sock
                    "Path": "/Users/redacted/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/podman-machine-default/podman.sock"

[mheon]

Closing as addressed

[davidhsingyuchen]

Thanks for the response. Command for others to only get the value (e.g., use in a script):

➜  ~ podman machine inspect --format '{{ .ConnectionInfo.PodmanSocket.Path }}'
/Users/davidhyc/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/podman-machine-default/podman.sock

[si458]

@davidhsingyuchen the command doesnt seem to work on windows?

PS C:\Users\sas_2\Documents\Developer\talos> podman machine inspect --format '{{ .ConnectionInfo.PodmanSocket.Path }}'
Error: template: inspect:1:29: executing "inspect" at <.ConnectionInfo.PodmanSocket.Path>: nil pointer evaluating *machine.VMFile.Path

PS C:\Users\sas_2\Documents\Developer\talos> podman machine inspect                                                   
[
     {
          "ConfigPath": {
               "Path": "C:\\Users\\sas_2\\.config\\containers\\podman\\machine\\wsl\\podman-machine-default.json"
          },
          "ConnectionInfo": {
               "PodmanSocket": null,
               "PodmanPipe": {
                    "Path": "\\\\.\\pipe\\podman-machine-default"
               }
          },
          "Created": "2023-06-24T16:55:45.7484971+01:00",
          "Image": {
               "IgnitionFilePath": {
                    "Path": ""
               },
               "ImageStream": "35",
               "ImagePath": {
                    "Path": "C:\\Users\\sas_2\\.local\\share\\containers\\podman\\machine\\wsl\\podman-machine-default_fedora-podman-amd64-v37.0.43.tar"
               }
          },
          "LastUp": "2023-06-24T17:17:44.5220036+01:00",
          "Name": "podman-machine-default",
          "Resources": {
               "CPUs": 16,
               "DiskSize": 750780416,
               "Memory": 667901952
          },
          "SSHConfig": {
               "IdentityPath": "C:\\Users\\sas_2\\.ssh\\podman-machine-default",
               "Port": 57112,
               "RemoteUsername": "user"
          },
          "State": "running"
     }
]