NAME

limactl-watch - Watch events from instances

SYNOPSIS

limactl watch [INSTANCE]... [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Watch events from Lima instances.

Events include status changes (starting, running, stopping), port forwarding events, and other instance lifecycle events.

If no instance is specified, events from all instances are watched, including newly created instances.

The command will continue watching until interrupted (Ctrl+C).

OPTIONS

-h, --help[=false] help for watch

--history[=false] Include historical events from before watch started

--json[=false] Output events as newline-delimited JSON

--verbose[=false] Show verbose output

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--debug[=false] Debug mode

--log-format="text" Set the logging format [text, json]

--log-level="" Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]

--tty[=false] Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

-y, --yes[=false] Alias of --tty=false

EXAMPLE

  # Watch events from all instances:


  $ limactl watch


  # Watch events from a specific instance:


  $ limactl watch default


  # Include historical events:


  $ limactl watch --history default


  # Show verbose output (host agent logs, etc.):


  $ limactl watch --verbose


  # Watch events in JSON format (for scripting):


  $ limactl watch --json default

SEE ALSO

limactl(1)