Managing VMs in UBuntu / Windows - Multipass

Managing VMs in UBuntu / Windows - Multipass

Like docker command , Ubuntu foundation has started a project "Multipass" for easy creation of VMs
on Linux / MAC and windows

Windows 10 uses native HyperV for creation of VM.

Prerequsitive
powershell#
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All
multipass launch --name opengrok-vm
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C:\Users\aprasad4>multipass find
Image                   Aliases           Version          Description
16.04                   xenial            20200218.1       Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
18.04                   bionic,lts        20200218         Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

C:\Users\aprasad4>multipass launch bionic --name opengrok-vm
Launched: opengrok-vm

( Might take 1 hour)

C:\Users\aprasad4>multipass list
Name                    State             IPv4             Image
opengrok-vm             Running           192.168.145.156  Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

C:\Users\aprasad4>multipass info opengrok-vm
Name:           opengrok-vm
State:          Running
IPv4:           192.168.145.156
Release:        Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Image hash:     3c3a67a14257 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)
Load:           0.00 0.05 0.11
Disk usage:     1000.3M out of 4.7G
Memory usage:   547.8M out of 897.9M


multipass shell opengrok-vm



C:\Users\aprasad4>multipass info --all
Name:           opengrok-vm
State:          Running
IPv4:           192.168.145.156
Release:        Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Image hash:     3c3a67a14257 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)
Load:           0.20 0.24 0.25
Disk usage:     2.5G out of 4.7G
Memory usage:   353.0M out of 1.1G
Mounts:         C:/DATA/qlogic_linux5.5 => C:/DATA/qlogic_linux5.5
                    UID map: -2:default
                    GID map: -2:default