ix vm describe

Resolve a VM to its owning compute node

Usage: ix vm describe [OPTIONS] <VM>

Resolve a VM to its owning compute node.

Prints which node hosts the VM (hostname, IP, orchestrator RPC port, and node status) so debugging does not require scanning the fleet to find the host. This is a read-only command; it never changes VM state.

Pass --logs <stream> to tail the owning node's captured logs for the VM right after the placement, reusing the same path as ix logs.

arguments

<VM> VM name or UUID from ix ls

options

--output <OUTPUT> Output format one of: human, json default: human
--logs <LOGS> After printing placement, tail this captured log stream for the VM from its owning node. Omit to print placement only one of: workload, kernel, diagnostic, platform
-n, --lines <LINES> Number of recent log lines to show with --logs. Defaults to a short tail when omitted
--message-format <MESSAGE_FORMAT> Error format one of: human, short, json default: human