Multipass 1.0 – Mini-cloud on Mac or Windows workstation
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HN comment orderWorth noting that Multipass does not support launching VMs with bridged networking. See this issue for details: https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/118 This means that your VMs won't be able to get IP addresses on your LAN via DHCP. Kind of a fundamental omission for this kind of product I would think. Curious that it's not a high priority issue for them. Also, what's the IPv6 story here? I didn't see anything in the docs addressing that, unless I'm missing something.
Hoping for canonical's sake I've just got a broken install, cause the UX is somewhere between nonexistent and useless. Install & restart. Nothing happens. OK lets launch it. Nothing happens. Lets try that again. Nothing happens. Check windows notification area...ah three copies running silently now. Left click on one. Nothing happens. Right click & close two. Spot a open shell thing in the menu. Click on that it starts a powershell window that says "Starting primary" for 5 mins. No…
"Canon Multipass: Get an instant Ubuntu VM with a single command. Multipass can launch and run virtual machines and configure them with cloud-init like a public cloud."
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-19 | Multipass 1.0 – Mini-cloud on Mac or Windows workstationFirst breakout · Best thread | popey | 254 | 107 |
| 2021-04-12 | Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstation | figomore | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-05-20 | Multipass – Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstation | nikolay | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-06-04 | Multipass: Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstation | based2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-11-11 | Canonical Multipass – Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstationLatest 20+ point return | 3ds | 72 | 53 |
| 2023-07-25 | Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances | night-rider | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-01-16 | Multipass | tosh | 1 | 2 |
| 2024-11-28 | Multipass: Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstation | nateb2022 | 4 | 0 |