Canonical has released version 1.9 of the multipass toolkit, designed to simplify the installation of various versions of Ubuntu in virtual machines running on Linux, Windows, and macOS virtualization systems. Multipass allows developers to launch the desired version of Ubuntu in a virtual machine with a single command, without additional configuration, for experiments or testing their applications. KVM is used for launching virtual machines on Linux, Hyper-V on Windows, and HyperKit on macOS. It's also possible to use it for execution. of virtual machines The project code is written in C++ and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. A snap package has been prepared for quick installation of multipass in Ubuntu.
Multipass automatically extracts the required operating system image and keeps it up to date. It can use cloud-init for configuration. It supports both mounting disk partitions in the virtual environment (using the 'multipass mount' command) and transferring individual files between the host system and the virtual machine (using the 'multipass transfer' command). Complete integration of the installed virtual machine with the main desktop is supported (application icons, system menu, and notifications are added).
The new version includes the ability for client authentication to run multipass under a non-privileged user. Support for the ability to put virtual machines into sleep mode has been added for the macOS platform, and it enables the launch of a local mini-cloud (linking running virtual environments with the host system's network interfaces to provide access to virtual machines external networks). The ability to run Ubuntu 22.04 on macOS and Windows has been provided.
Source: opennet.ru
