Multipass

wikipedia:multipass^[1] (December 2019 v1.0^[2]) 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^[3], to run the VM with minimal overhead. Since August 2020 (v1.4) it also included bridged networking support^[4].

Binaries: multipass, multipass-gui

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

Usage

multipass list
multipass connect
multipass start VM_NAME
multipass stop VM_NAME
multipass launch --name YourName^[5] (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 delete VM_INSTANCE_NAME
multipass purge
multipass mount
multipass transfer
multipass set

macOS

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

Logs

macOS: /Library/Logs/Multipass/multipassd.log

Know limitations

As of August 2020 Do not allow for custom IP configuration https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/1293
As of August 2020 mulitpass do not allow to rename instances https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/255

Activities

Install and create you first Ubuntu VM with Multipass
Read Multipass releases/versions
Modify number of CPU on an existing instance

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