How-to guides

The following how-to guides provide step-by-step instructions on the installation, use, management and troubleshooting of Multipass.

Install and deploy Multipass

Installing Multipass is a straightforward process but may require some prerequisiste steps, depending on your host system. You can find specific installation instructions for your operating system in this guide:

• How to install Multipass

Manage instances

Multipass allows you to create Ubuntu instances with a single command. As your needs grow, you can modify and customise instances as well as use and create blueprints for customised 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
• Add a network to an existing instance
• Configure static IPs
• Use a blueprint
• Use the Docker blueprint
• Run a Docker container in Multipass

Customise Multipass

You may also want to customise Multipass to address specific needs, 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:

• Access logs
• Troubleshoot networking

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