QEMU
“qemu” option makes use of QEMU to run guest operating system.
“qemu” is the default driver for Linux hosts.
Recommended QEMU version:
- v8.2.1 or later (macOS)
- v6.2.0 or later (Linux)
On a Windows host, “qemu” needs ssh, scp, and ssh-keygen; the
OpenSSH client
that Windows installs by default provides all three. Mounts must use
reverse-sshfs, because QEMU for Windows has no 9p support. Pinning
sftpDriver: openssh-sftp-server
also requires sftp-server.exe, which comes from the optional OpenSSH Server
feature.
An example configuration:
limactl start --vm-type=qemu
vmType: "qemu"
base:
- template:_images/ubuntu
- template:_default/mounts