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Multipass

TL;DR

# Install.
brew install --cask 'multipass'
choco install 'multipass'
sudo snap install 'multipass'

# Find available VMs.
multipass find

# Launch a VM.
multipass launch --name 'primary'
multipass launch -c '2' -m '2G' -d '20G' -n 'my-test-vm' '21.10'
multipass launch 'bionic' --name 'test-cloud-init' --cloud-init 'userdata.yaml'

# List all VMs.
multipass list

# Launch a shell in the VM.
multipass shell 'vm_name'

# Stop started VMs.
multipass stop 'vm_name'

# Start stopped VMs.
multipass start 'vm_name'

# Delete stopped VMs.
multipass delete my-test-vm

# Clean up unused data.
multipass purge

Further readings

• Website

Sources

• Use Linux Virtual Machines with Multipass