multipass launch
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 ltsmultipass launch lts --name TESTmultipass launch 22.04multipass launch jammymultipass 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.
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
multipass findmultipass listmultipass connectmultipass delete VM_NAME --purgeormultipass purgevirtinst:virt-installvirt-builderlxc launchapt update -y && apt upgrade -yuvt-kvm create
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
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