multipass launch

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The multipass launch[1] command without any argument will create and start a new instance based on the default image, using a random generated name, you can configure it using --name option. As of August 2020 no renaming option is available[2].

multipass launch --name ubuntu-vm
launch failed: failed to download from 'http://cloud- images.ubuntu.com/releases/server/releases/bionic/release-20200129.1/ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img': Network timeout
  • multipass launch lts
  • multipass launch lts --name TEST
  • multipass launch 21.10
  • multipass launch hirsute
  • multipass launch --cpus 2 --mem 8G --disk 25G --name MY_NEW_VM && multipass connect MY_NEW_VM
  • multipass launch --cpus 2 --mem 8G --disk 25G --name MY_NEW_VM
  • multipass launch --cpus 2 --mem 8G --name MY_NEW_VM
  • multipass launch --cpus 2 --name MY_NEW_VM
  • multipass launch --name MY_NEW_VM 20.04
  • multipass launch --name ubuntu-lts-custom --cloud-init cloud-config.yaml

To find available images execute: multipass find

Examples

multipass launch impish
Launched: my-open-kit
multipass launch 21.10 --name my_VM
Retrieving image: 6%
Verifying image:  \
Starting /
Waiting for initialization to complete -
Launched: my_VM

It will create a 5GB Ubuntu machine with 1 CPU and 1 GB memory

Examples with errors

multipass launch lts
launch failed: The following errors occurred:
Instance stopped while starting
multipass launch
launch failed: CPU does not support KVM extensions.
Under macOS multipass or VMware VMs.
multipass launch
launch failed: cannot connect to the multipass socket
Please ensure multipassd is running and '/var/snap/multipass/common/multipass_socket' is accessible
multipass launch 21.10
launch failed: Operation canceled

Related commands

See also

  • https://multipass.run/docs/launch-command
  • https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/255
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