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== Commands ==
 
== Commands ==
 
* <code>[[multipass launch --help]]</code>
 
* <code>[[multipass launch --help]]</code>
* <code>[[multipass launch 22.04]] --name TEST</code>
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* <code>[[multipass launch 22.04]] --name TEST && multipass connect TEST</code>
 
* <code>multipass launch [[lts]]</code>
 
* <code>multipass launch [[lts]]</code>
 
* <code> multipass launch [[lts]] --name MYTEST</code>
 
* <code> multipass launch [[lts]] --name MYTEST</code>

Revision as of 13:08, 5 August 2022

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].

Commands

  • 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.

multipass launch
launch failed: Downloaded image hash does not match

Solution: review /Library/Logs/Multipass/multipassd.log
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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