Multipass
wikipedia:multipass
[1] (December 2019 v1.0[2]) allows to orchestrate Ubuntu virtual machine instances. It uses KVM on Linux, Hyper-V on Windows and HyperKit on macOS, supported since July 2018[3], to run the VM with minimal overhead.
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
[4] (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
- Install and create you first Ubuntu VM with Multipass
- 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
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