Multipass

Multipass allows to orchestrate virtual Ubuntu instances. It uses KVM on Linux, Hyper-V on Windows and HyperKit on macOS, supported since July 2018, to run the VM with minimal overhead.

Binaries: multipass, multipass-gui

• Linux installation: sudo snap install multipass
• MacOS Installation: brew cask install multipass
• Usage:

multipass launch --name ubuntu-vm

multipass shell ubuntu-vm

multipass shell

multipass find

List running instances: multipass list

multipass info VM_INSTANCE_NAME

multipass stop VM_INSTANCE_NAME

multipass delete VM_INSTANCE_NAME

multipass purge

Activities

1. Install and create you first Ubuntu VM with Multipass

See also

• KVM, docker

https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/multipass

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/multipass-now-available-for-macos/6824

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/multipass-now-available-for-macos/6824