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ix ls

List your VMs

Usage: ix ls [OPTIONS]

also answers to list

List your VMs.

Use this first when you need the VM name, current lifecycle state, region, address, or rough resource usage. ix ls is inventory; attach with ix shell, read output with ix logs.

options

  • --exact <EXACT> Show exact timestamps instead of relative time. Use this for incident notes or comparisons with logs from other systems default: false
  • -s, --short <SHORT> Show the compact table view. Use this when you only need names and state, or when the terminal is narrow default: false
  • --node <HOST> Only list VMs placed on this node hostname (the NODE column, e.g. hil-compute-3). Combine with --admin to inspect one host's VMs during an incident
  • -w, --watch <WATCH> Refresh the list and per-VM usage continuously. Use this while waiting for lifecycle changes or watching whether a workload settles default: false
  • --output <OUTPUT> Output format one of: human, json default: human
  • --message-format <MESSAGE_FORMAT> Error format one of: human, short, json default: human