# systemd-detect-virt(1) - man - phpman > **TLDR:** Detect execution in a virtualized environment. > - List detectable virtualization technologies: `systemd-detect-virt --list` - Detect virtualization, print the result and return a zero status code when running in a VM or a container, and a non-zero code otherwise: `systemd-detect-virt` - Silently check without printing anything: `systemd-detect-virt {{-q|--quiet}}` - Only detect container virtualization: `systemd-detect-virt {{-c|--container}}` - Only detect hardware virtualization: `systemd-detect-virt {{-v|--vm}}` - Detect whether in a `chroot` environment: `systemd-detect-virt {{-r|--chroot}}` *Source: tldr-pages* --- [SYSTEMD-DETECT-VIRT(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/SYSTEMD-DETECT-VIRT/1/markdown) systemd-detect-virt [SYSTEMD-DETECT-VIRT(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/SYSTEMD-DETECT-VIRT/1/markdown) ## NAME systemd-detect-virt - Detect execution in a virtualized environment ## SYNOPSIS systemd-detect-virt [OPTIONS...] ## DESCRIPTION systemd-detect-virt detects execution in a virtualized environment. It identifies the virtualization technology and can distinguish full machine virtualization from container virtualization. systemd-detect-virt exits with a return value of 0 (success) if a virtualization technology is detected, and non-zero (error) otherwise. By default, any type of virtualization is detected, and the options --container and --vm can be used to limit what types of virtualization are detected. When executed without --quiet will print a short identifier for the detected virtualization technology. The following technologies are currently identified: Table 1. Known virtualization technologies (both VM, i.e. full hardware virtualization, and container, i.e. shared kernel virtualization) +----------+--------------------+---------------------------+ |Type | ID | Product | +----------+--------------------+---------------------------+ |VM | qemu | QEMU software | | | | virtualization, without | | | | KVM | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | kvm | Linux KVM kernel virtual | | | | machine, in combination | | | | with QEMU. Not used for | | | | other virtualizers using | | | | the KVM interfaces, such | | | | as Oracle VirtualBox or | | | | Amazon EC2 Nitro, see | | | | below. | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | amazon | Amazon EC2 Nitro using | | | | Linux KVM | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | zvm | s390 z/VM | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | vmware | VMware Workstation or | | | | Server, and related | | | | products | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | microsoft | Hyper-V, also known as | | | | Viridian or Windows | | | | Server Virtualization | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | oracle | Oracle VM VirtualBox | | | | (historically marketed by | | | | innotek and Sun | | | | Microsystems), for legacy | | | | and KVM hypervisor | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | powervm | IBM PowerVM hypervisor -- | | | | comes as firmware with | | | | some IBM POWER servers | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | xen | Xen hypervisor (only | | | | domU, not dom0) | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | bochs | Bochs Emulator | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | uml | User-mode Linux | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | parallels | Parallels Desktop, | | | | Parallels Server | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | bhyve | bhyve, FreeBSD hypervisor | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | qnx | QNX hypervisor | +----------+--------------------+---------------------------+ |acrn | ACRN hypervisor[1] | | +----------+--------------------+---------------------------+ |Container | openvz | OpenVZ/Virtuozzo | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | lxc | Linux container | | | | implementation by LXC | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | lxc-libvirt | Linux container | | | | implementation by libvirt | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | systemd-nspawn | systemd's minimal | | | | container implementation, | | | | see [systemd-nspawn(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/systemd-nspawn/1/markdown) | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | docker | Docker container manager | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | podman | Podman[2] container | | | | manager | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | rkt | rkt app container runtime | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | wsl | Windows Subsystem for | | | | Linux[3] | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | proot | proot[4] userspace | | | | chroot/bind mount | | | | emulation | | +--------------------+---------------------------+ | | pouch | Pouch[5] Container Engine | +----------+--------------------+---------------------------+ If multiple virtualization solutions are used, only the "innermost" is detected and identified. That means if both machine and container virtualization are used in conjunction, only the latter will be identified (unless --vm is passed). Windows Subsystem for Linux is not a Linux container, but an environment for running Linux userspace applications on top of the Windows kernel using a Linux-compatible interface. WSL is categorized as a container for practical purposes. Multiple WSL environments share the same kernel and services should generally behave like when being run in a container. ## OPTIONS The following options are understood: ### -c, --container Only detects container virtualization (i.e. shared kernel virtualization). ### -v, --vm Only detects hardware virtualization. ### -r, --chroot Detect whether invoked in a [chroot(2)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/chroot/2/markdown) environment. In this mode, no output is written, but the return value indicates whether the process was invoked in a chroot() environment or not. ### --private-users Detect whether invoked in a user namespace. In this mode, no output is written, but the return value indicates whether the process was invoked inside of a user namespace or not. See [user_namespaces(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/usernamespaces/7/markdown) for more information. ### -q, --quiet Suppress output of the virtualization technology identifier. ### --list Output all currently known and detectable container and VM environments. ### -h, --help Print a short help text and exit. ### --version Print a short version string and exit. ## EXIT STATUS If a virtualization technology is detected, 0 is returned, a non-zero code otherwise. ## SEE ALSO [systemd(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/systemd/1/markdown), [systemd-nspawn(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/systemd-nspawn/1/markdown), [chroot(2)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/chroot/2/markdown), [namespaces(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/namespaces/7/markdown) ## NOTES 1. ACRN hypervisor 2. Podman 3. Windows Subsystem for Linux 4. proot 5. Pouch systemd 249 [SYSTEMD-DETECT-VIRT(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/SYSTEMD-DETECT-VIRT/1/markdown)