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↑ https://multipass.run/docs/launch-command
↑ https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/255
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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 [[ | + | * <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 ltsmultipass launch lts --name TESTmultipass launch 21.04multipass launch hirsutemultipass 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 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
multipass findmultipass listmultipass connectmultipass delete VM_NAME --purgeormultipass purgevirtinst:virt-installvirt-builderlxc launchapt update -y && apt upgrade -yuvt-kvm create
See also
- Multipass,
MULTIPASS_STORAGE,/Library/Logs/Multipass/multipassd.log,/var/run/multipass_socket, Multipass releases, multipassd - Ubuntu, Ubuntu releases, snap, MAAS, PPA, Canonical Livepatch, Ubuntu Advantage, netplan, multipass, Landscape, Subiquity,
lsb_release, Ubuntu MATE, Wayland
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