Multipass

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

Usage

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 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

macOS files location: /var/root/Library/Application Support/multipassd/vault/instances/
Configuration file: /var/root/Library/Application Support/multipassd/multipassd-vm-instances.json

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

/var/snap/multipass/common/data/multipassd/vault/instances/

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