Multipass

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Multipass

Install

apt install snapd
snap install multipass
multipass find
multipass launch 22.04 --cpus 1 --disk 20G --memory 1G --name flying-fish
multipass info flying-fish

Restart instance

mutlipass delete flying-fish
multipass purge

Transfer file

ref

multipass transfer local_file.txt good-prawn:.

Restart

sudo snap restart multipass.multipassd

Generate hosts

m list --format=csv | tr -d '"' | cut -d, -f1,6 | awk -F, '{print $2 "\t" $2 "\t" $1}' | grep -v AllIPv4

Additional IP address configuration

Multipass as a cloud: https://www.rootisgod.com/2022/Using-Multipass-Like-a-Personal-Cloud-Service/; guess - it’s a bridge doc, Hetzner doc -> guess I just need to setup config, which doesn’t seem to be so much complicated, to be honest.

Backup & restore

unix way (filesystem)

(as per)

snap stop multipass
tar cf multipass_data.tar /var/snap/multipass/common/data/multipassd/
scp ...
tar xz multipass_data.tar
snap restart multipass

snapshot -> only inside one server

multipass snapshot instance
multipass list --snapshots# shall display snapshots as well
multipass restore instance.snapshot2
multipass delete instance.snapshot1

snap (all instances)

multipass stop --all
sudo snap save multipass
multipass start --all
sudo snap export-snapshot <set> snap.zip # set - is 'Set' from previous command
sudo snap forget 2
scp to another server
sudo snap install multipass # if it was not yet
sudo snap import-snapshot multipass-snapshot.zip
sudo snap restore 1
multipass list
multipass start --all