The following how-to guides provide step-by-step instructions on the installation, use, management and troubleshooting of Multipass.
Installation and deployment
Installing Multipass is a straightforward process but varies for each platform and may require prerequisiste steps. Refer to the how-to guide for your operating system for details:
Manage instances
Multipass allows you to create Ubuntu instances with a single command. As your needs grow, you can modify and customize instances as well as use and create blueprints for customized instances:
- Create an instance
- Modify an instance
- Use an instance
- Use the primary instance
- Use instance command aliases
- Share data with an instance
- Remove an instance
- Configure static IPs
- Use a blueprint
- Use the Docker blueprint
- Run a Docker container in Multipass
Manage Multipass
As your needs grow, you may want to customize Multipass itself. Use the following how-to guides to address a range of use cases, from managing Multipass drivers to configuring a graphical user interface:
- Set up the driver
- Migrate from Hyperkit to QEMU on macOS
- Authenticate clients with the Multipass service
- Use Multipass remotely
- Build Multipass images with Packer
- Set up a graphical interface
- Use a different terminal from the system icon
- Integrate with Windows Terminal
- Configure where Multipass stores external data
- Configure Multipass’s default logging level
Troubleshoot
Use the following how-to guides to troubleshoot issues with your Multipass installation, beginning by inspecting the logs.