Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video, we take a look at arguably one of the easiest tools to create new virtual machines. Multipass from Canonical gives you the same look and feel to creating and configuring virtual machines as we have with creating Docker containers. We look at installing, configuring, and creating virtual machines with Multipass.
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Introduction - 0:00
Describing creating virtual machines and tools used - 0:56
Creating Linux virtual machines and running like Docker containers - 1:49
Installing Multipass - 2:23
Downloading Multipass for Windows - 3:02
Describing the virtualization platforms supported with Multipass on Windows - 3:26
Running the Multipass installer - 3:58
Describing the command line options for pulling down VM images and creating new virtual machines - 4:33
Looking at the Multipass command line options - 4:54
Running Multipass list - 5:36
Multipass launch command - 6:15
Launching Hyper-V Manager - 7:09
Connecting to the virtual machine for management and Bash Shell access - 7:44
Running commands inside the Linux virtual machine - 8:10
Talking about tearing down virtual machine environments - 8:23
Stopping and deleting Multipass virtual machine instances - 8:58
Describing how to create custom virtual machine images and configurations - 10:16
Talking about cloud init and cloud config - 10:44
Looking at an example of customizing a virtual machine with Multipass - 10:55
Executing the configuration command - 12:40
Looking at the syntax for using cloud-init - 13:05
Looking at the available appliances in the Multipass catalog and interesting options - 14:01
Concluding thoughts on Multipass and how it can be used - 15:13
Use Terraform to spin up a vSphere Kubernetes automated lab build in 8 minutes:
virtualizationhowto.com/2021/12/terraform-vsphere-kubernetes-automated-lab-build-in-8-minutes
Use the Terraform vault provider:
virtualizationhowto.com/2021/03/using-terraform-vault-provider-with-vmware-vsphere
Sysprep and VMware Guest Customization with Terraform:
virtualizationhowto.com/2018/06/sysprep-and-vmware-guest-customization-with-terraform
In this video, we take a look at arguably one of the easiest tools to create new virtual machines. Multipass from Canonical gives you the same look and feel to creating and configuring virtual machines as we have with creating Docker containers. We look at installing, configuring, and creating virtual machines with Multipass.
Subscribe to the channel: youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1
My blog:
virtualizationhowto.com
_____________________________________________________
Social Media:
twitter.com/vspinmaster
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht
Github:
github.com/brandonleegit
Introduction - 0:00
Describing creating virtual machines and tools used - 0:56
Creating Linux virtual machines and running like Docker containers - 1:49
Installing Multipass - 2:23
Downloading Multipass for Windows - 3:02
Describing the virtualization platforms supported with Multipass on Windows - 3:26
Running the Multipass installer - 3:58
Describing the command line options for pulling down VM images and creating new virtual machines - 4:33
Looking at the Multipass command line options - 4:54
Running Multipass list - 5:36
Multipass launch command - 6:15
Launching Hyper-V Manager - 7:09
Connecting to the virtual machine for management and Bash Shell access - 7:44
Running commands inside the Linux virtual machine - 8:10
Talking about tearing down virtual machine environments - 8:23
Stopping and deleting Multipass virtual machine instances - 8:58
Describing how to create custom virtual machine images and configurations - 10:16
Talking about cloud init and cloud config - 10:44
Looking at an example of customizing a virtual machine with Multipass - 10:55
Executing the configuration command - 12:40
Looking at the syntax for using cloud-init - 13:05
Looking at the available appliances in the Multipass catalog and interesting options - 14:01
Concluding thoughts on Multipass and how it can be used - 15:13
Use Terraform to spin up a vSphere Kubernetes automated lab build in 8 minutes:
virtualizationhowto.com/2021/12/terraform-vsphere-kubernetes-automated-lab-build-in-8-minutes
Use the Terraform vault provider:
virtualizationhowto.com/2021/03/using-terraform-vault-provider-with-vmware-vsphere
Sysprep and VMware Guest Customization with Terraform:
virtualizationhowto.com/2018/06/sysprep-and-vmware-guest-customization-with-terraform
