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* <code>[[multipass launch lts]]</code> | * <code>[[multipass launch lts]]</code> | ||
* <code> multipass launch [[lts]] --name MYTEST</code> | * <code> multipass launch [[lts]] --name MYTEST</code> | ||
| − | * <code>multipass launch [[jammy]]</code> | + | * <code>multipass launch [[jammy]]</code> or <code>[[multipass launch 22.04]] |
* <code> multipass launch --[[cpus]] 2 --mem 8G [[--disk]] 25G --name MY_NEW_VM && [[multipass connect]] MY_NEW_VM</code> | * <code> multipass launch --[[cpus]] 2 --mem 8G [[--disk]] 25G --name MY_NEW_VM && [[multipass connect]] MY_NEW_VM</code> | ||
* <code> multipass launch --[[cpus]] 2 --mem 8G --disk 25G --name MY_NEW_VM</code> | * <code> multipass launch --[[cpus]] 2 --mem 8G --disk 25G --name MY_NEW_VM</code> | ||
Revision as of 14:08, 28 October 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 --helpmultipass launch 22.04 --name TEST && multipass connect TESTmultipass launch ltsmultipass launch lts --name MYTESTmultipass launch jammyormultipass launch 22.04multipass launch --cpus 2 --mem 8G --disk 25G --name MY_NEW_VM && multipass connect MY_NEW_VMmultipass launch --cpus 2 --mem 8G --disk 25G --name MY_NEW_VMmultipass launch --cpus 2 --mem 8G --name MY_NEW_VMmultipass launch --cpus 2 --name MY_NEW_VMmultipass 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.
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
multipass: [ connect | shell |stop | start | restart | delete | launch | set | get | info | list | find | tranfer | purge | suspend | version ] multipass help- Multipass,
MULTIPASS_STORAGE, /Library/Logs/Multipass/multipassd.log, /var/run/multipass_socket, Multipass releases, multipassd
↑ https://multipass.run/docs/launch-command
↑ https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/255
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