Difference between revisions of "Multipass"

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wikipedia:multipass^[1] (December 2019 v1.0^[2]) allows to create and manage 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].

multipass list
multipass connect
multipass start VM_NAME
multipass stop VM_NAME
multipass launch --name YourName^[5] (to create a new one vm)
- multipass launch --cpus 2 --name MY_NEW_VM
- multipass launch --cpus 2 --mem 8G --name MY_NEW_VM
- multipass launch --cpus 2 --mem 8G --disk 25G --name MY_NEW_VM && multipass connect 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 (copy files between host and instances)
multipass set
multipass aliases (Oct 2021)
multipass help

Setting MULTIPASS_STORAGE system variable will change where data/images are stored since multipass 1.5.0 (October 2020)

As of October 2021 multipass do not allow for custom IP configuration https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/1293
As of October 2021 multipass do not allow to rename instances https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/255
As of October 2021 multipass do now have port forwarding capabitilies. https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/309

Install and create you first Ubuntu VM with Multipass
Read Multipass releases/versions/Changelog
Modify number of CPU on an existing instance: num_cores
Review most popular StackOverflow multipass questions: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/multipass?tab=Votes

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 August 2020 (v1.4) it also included [[bridged networking]] support<ref>https://github.com/canonical/multipass/releases/tag/v1.4.0</ref>.
-* Binaries: <code>multipass, [[multipass-gui]]</code>
+* Binaries: <code>[[multipass (command)]], [[multipass-gui]]</code>
 * Linux installation: <code>[[sudo snap install multipass]]</code>
-* MacOS Installation: <code>[[brew install --cask]] multipass</code>
+* MacOS Installation: <code>[[brew install --cask multipass]]</code>
 == Usage ==
 * <code>[[multipass list]]</code>
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 ** <code>multipass launch --[[cpus]] 2 --name MY_NEW_VM</code>
 ** <code>multipass launch --cpus 2 --[[mem]] 8G --name 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 shell]] VM_NAME</code>
 *<code>[[multipass find]]</code>
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 # Install and create you first Ubuntu VM with Multipass
 # Read [[Multipass releases]]/versions/Changelog
-# [[Modify number of CPU on an existing instance]]
+# [[Modify number of CPU on an existing instance]]: <code>[[num_cores]]</code>
 # Review most popular StackOverflow multipass questions: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/multipass?tab=Votes