multipass

Manage Ubuntu virtual machines using native hypervisors. More information: https://multipass.run/.

• List the aliases that can be used to launch an instance:

multipass find

• Launch a new instance, set its name and use a cloud-init configuration file:

multipass launch -n instance_name --cloud-init configuration_file

• List all the created instances and some of their properties:

multipass list

• Start a specific instance by name:

multipass start instance_name

• Show the properties of an instance:

multipass info instance_name

• Open a shell prompt on a specific instance by name:

multipass shell instance_name

• Delete an instance by name:

multipass delete instance_name

• Mount a directory into a specific instance:

multipass mount path/to/local/directory instance_name:path/to/target/directory