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lima
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Ask HN: Startup Devs -What's your biggest pain while managing cloud deployments?
for others similarly curious, here's an example of the thing: https://github.com/noop-inc/template-java-spring-boot/blob/m...
they seem to be using the excellent lima <https://github.com/lima-vm/lima#readme> for booting on macOS; I run colima for its containerd and k8s support but strongly recommend both projects $(brew install lima colima)
- macOS 14.4 causes JVM crashes
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Simulate an Ubuntu-like VM inside macOS
I tend to use https://lima-vm.io/ these days when I need a quick VM environment locally on my laptop.
Lima is what I use as well. It's quick and easy to just fire up a VM with default settings, but also very easy to configure with different file sharing options, port forwarding, different linux distributions, etc. (their examples are also pretty good IMO [1]).
In particular I use it to run an amd64 VM, which I need to run a stubborn service for work that doesn't run on arm CPUs.
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Why are Apple Silicon VMs so different?
For Linux, and if you only need to run CLI tools, I've been very happy with Lima [0]. It runs x86-64 and ARM VMs using QEMU, but can also run ARM VMs using vz [1] (Apple virtualization framework[2]) that is very performant. Also, along with the project colima [3] you can easily start Docker/Podman/Kubernetes instances, totally substituting Docker Desktop for me.
For desktop environments (Linux/Windows) I've used UTM [4] with mixed success. Although it's been almost a year since last time I used it, so maybe it runs better now
There's also Parallels, and people say it's a good product, but it's around USD/EUR 100, and I haven't tested it as I don't have that need.
And there's VMWare Fusion but... who likes VMWare? ;)
[0] - https://lima-vm.io
Lima (1) is a project that packages Linux distros for MacOS and executes them via qemu in the backend. Maybe you could solve your problem by launching one of their vms and inspecting the command line it generates. You might find an option you were missing.
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The beginning of my eBPF Journey - Kprobe Adventures with BCC
If you wish to delve into all the configuration possibilities for Lima VM, you can visit this resource.
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UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
I'd say Lima and Colima should be enough for most use cases:
Someone pointed me to Lima which is a bit like wsl2 for macos: https://lima-vm.io
Not sure what is used underneath but it worked great for me.
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Lima: Linux Virtual Machines on macOS
Github: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima
Lima wraps QEMU in a simple CLI, with neat features for container users, such as filesystem sharing and automatic localhost port forwarding, as well as DNS and proxy propagation for enterprise networks. Rancher Desktop wraps Lima with k3s integration and GUI.
Talks: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/blob/master/docs/talks.md
multipass
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k8s-snap (Canonical Kubernetes) pour un déploiement simple et rapide d’un cluster k8s …
Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances
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VMs on macOS using Apple's native Virtualization.Framework
If you just need Ubuntu then you can try "Multipass" from Canonical (https://multipass.run/). Works quite well on my M2 Air. I haven't tried using Linux GUI with it though as I need only terminal based VMs.
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Simulate an Ubuntu-like VM inside macOS
I have been using Multipass [0] for a while and it works great to quickly spin up an Ubuntu environment on my MacBook. It supports cloud config in case you want a custom instance.
It seems to be limited to running Ubuntu instances only (at least, I haven't figured out how to run other Linux instances) but if you want a quick clean Ubuntu VM I would recommend it.
Multipass is pretty clutch for trivial VMs on MacOs for sure. I use it for a bunch of ssh jump boxes running vpns to different sites. The macOS build does not support custom images (lest not without [some truly insane hacks](https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/1260#issuecomm...) , which doesn’t really matter for what I use it for but it is kind of a bummer. If you need something with a little more grunt but don’t want to go full blown with writing your own QEMU tooling or fussing with something like UTM or Parallels, [quickemu](https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu) is a really nice qemu wrapper with sane defaults that can expose a whole lot of power if you need it.
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Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac
How does it compare to https://multipass.run/?
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Hands-on Kubernetes and maybe go for a certification
If you have a reasonably beefy computer, you can always try setting up Multipass and set up 2-3 nodes for a k8s cluster, it's how I'm doing my own certification training. I do have a k3s Raspberry Pi cluster, but with Pi prices being what they are still it'd almost be cheaper to do a cloud setup. ☹️
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Colima: Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
Whenever I need a VM on my MacOS I reach out to Multipass[1].
It is a project by Canonical and has a decent amount of features to get the job done. However, it only supports Ubuntu VMs and has some rough edges.
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Moving from TrueNAS to Linux. Is it right move?
For my selfhosted stuff, I use a combination of docker and multipass ( https://multipass.run/), Ubuntu.
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Would it be possible to spin up an unconfigured Kubernetes multi-node cluster using minikube ?
Multipass was a big help for me learning kubeadm. Super easy to spin up Ubuntu VMs and kill them when you’re done. Virtualbox or libvirt would work too, but I found multipass to be easier for ephemeral headless instances
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Are there things like Ephemeral Virtual Machines that can be used in CI system?
Vagrant or Multipass would be my first guesses. There isn't anything else out there that is going to orchestrate VMs the way you want.
What are some alternatives?
colima - Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
podman - Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.
Docker-OSX - Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.
UTM - Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
minikube - Run Kubernetes locally
nerdctl - contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ...
rancher - Complete container management platform
wsl-environments
Podman Desktop - Podman Desktop - A graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes
podman-desktop - launch and setup vms for podman
macos-virtualbox - Push-button installer of macOS Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra guests in Virtualbox on x86 CPUs for Windows, Linux, and macOS