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* <code>multipass launch [[lts]]</code>
 
* <code>multipass launch [[lts]]</code>
 
* <code> multipass launch [[lts]] --name TEST</code>
 
* <code> multipass launch [[lts]] --name TEST</code>
* <code> multipass launch [[20.10]]</code>
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* <code> multipass launch [[21.04]]</code>
 
* <code>multipass launch [[hirsute]]</code>
 
* <code>multipass launch [[hirsute]]</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 && [[multipass connect]] MY_NEW_VM</code>

Revision as of 11:38, 8 October 2021

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 not renaming option is available[2].

multipass launch --name ubuntu-vm
launch failed: failed to download from 'http://cloud- images.ubuntu.com/releases/server/releases/bionic/release-20200129.1/ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img': Network timeout
  • multipass launch lts
  • multipass launch lts --name TEST
  • multipass launch 21.04
  • multipass launch hirsute
  • multipass launch --cpus 2 --mem 8G --disk 25G --name MY_NEW_VM && multipass connect MY_NEW_VM
  • multipass launch --cpus 2 --mem 8G --disk 25G --name MY_NEW_VM
  • multipass launch --cpus 2 --mem 8G --name MY_NEW_VM
  • multipass launch --cpus 2 --name MY_NEW_VM
  • multipass 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 groovy
Launched: open-kit
multipass launch 20.10 --name my_VM
Launched: my_VM

It will create a 5GB Ubuntu machine with 1 CPU and 1 GB memory

--help

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.
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

Related commands

See also

  • https://multipass.run/docs/launch-command
  • https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/255
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