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Checks whether the container services are running and prints status information. It sends a health check request to the API server, which returns basic system information.

Usage

container system status [--prefix <prefix>] [--format <format>] [--debug]

Options

-p, --prefix
string
default:"com.apple.container."
Launchd prefix for services
--format
string
default:"table"
Format of the output (values: json, table)
--debug
boolean
Enable debug output

Examples

# Check system status
container system status

# Check status with JSON output
container system status --format json

# Check status with custom prefix
container system status --prefix my.custom.prefix
This command verifies that the container API server is running and responsive.

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