Multipass

wikipedia:multipass (December 2019 v1.0) allows to orchestrate Ubuntu virtual machine instances on Linux, Windows and macOS. It uses KVM on Linux, Hyper-V on Windows and HyperKit on macOS, supported since July 2018, to run the VM with minimal overhead. Since August 2020 (v1.4) it also included bridged networking support.

• Binaries: multipass, multipass-gui

• Linux installation: sudo snap install multipass
• MacOS Installation: brew cask install multipass

Usage

• multipass list
• multipass start VM_NAME
• multipass stop VM_NAME
• multipass launch --name YourName (To Create a new one)
  • multipass launch --cpus 2 --name MY_NEW_VM
• multipass shell VM_NAME
• multipass find
• multipass info VM_INSTANCE_NAME
• multipass stop VM_INSTANCE_NAME
• multipass delete VM_INSTANCE_NAME
• multipass purge
• multipass mount
• multipass transfer
• multipass set

macOS files location: /var/root/Library/Application Support/multipassd
Configuration file: /var/root/Library/Application Support/multipassd/multipassd-vm-instances.json

Know limitations

• As of July 2020 Do not allow for custom IP configuration https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/1293

Activities

1. Install and create you first Ubuntu VM with Multipass
2. Read Multipass releases/versions

Related terms

• brew cask install xquartz
• virt-install

See also

• XQuartz
• Multipass, MULTIPASS_STORAGE, /Library/Logs/Multipass/multipassd.log, /var/run/multipass_socket, Multipass releases, multipassd
• Virtualization: KVM, VirtualBox, multipass, containers, Vagrant, Packer, Hyper-V, VMware, Parallels, Bhyve, Virtual machine

https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/multipass

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/announcing-multipass-1-0-0-first-stable-release/13704

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/multipass-now-available-for-macos/6824

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/multipass-now-available-for-macos/6824