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Command Reference

1: completion
2: completion bash
3: completion fish
4: completion powershell
5: completion zsh
6: copy
7: create
8: delete
9: disk
10: disk create
11: disk delete
12: disk list
13: disk resize
14: disk unlock
15: edit
16: factory-reset
17: info
18: limactl
19: list
20: protect
21: prune
22: shell
23: show-ssh
24: snapshot
25: snapshot apply
26: snapshot create
27: snapshot delete
28: snapshot list
29: start
30: start-at-login
31: stop
32: sudoers
33: tunnel
34: unprotect
35: validate

1 - completion

limactl completion

Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell

Synopsis

Generate the autocompletion script for limactl for the specified shell. See each sub-command’s help for details on how to use the generated script.

Options

  -h, --help   help for completion

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

2 - completion bash

limactl completion bash

Generate the autocompletion script for bash

Synopsis

Generate the autocompletion script for the bash shell.

This script depends on the ‘bash-completion’ package. If it is not installed already, you can install it via your OS’s package manager.

To load completions in your current shell session:

source <(limactl completion bash)

To load completions for every new session, execute once:

Linux:

limactl completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/limactl

macOS:

limactl completion bash > $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/limactl

You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect.

limactl completion bash

Options

  -h, --help              help for bash
      --no-descriptions   disable completion descriptions

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

3 - completion fish

limactl completion fish

Generate the autocompletion script for fish

Synopsis

Generate the autocompletion script for the fish shell.

To load completions in your current shell session:

limactl completion fish | source

To load completions for every new session, execute once:

limactl completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/limactl.fish

You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect.

limactl completion fish [flags]

Options

  -h, --help              help for fish
      --no-descriptions   disable completion descriptions

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

4 - completion powershell

limactl completion powershell

Generate the autocompletion script for powershell

Synopsis

Generate the autocompletion script for powershell.

To load completions in your current shell session:

limactl completion powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression

To load completions for every new session, add the output of the above command to your powershell profile.

limactl completion powershell [flags]

Options

  -h, --help              help for powershell
      --no-descriptions   disable completion descriptions

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

5 - completion zsh

limactl completion zsh

Generate the autocompletion script for zsh

Synopsis

Generate the autocompletion script for the zsh shell.

If shell completion is not already enabled in your environment you will need to enable it. You can execute the following once:

echo "autoload -U compinit; compinit" >> ~/.zshrc

To load completions in your current shell session:

source <(limactl completion zsh)

To load completions for every new session, execute once:

Linux:

limactl completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_limactl"

macOS:

limactl completion zsh > $(brew --prefix)/share/zsh/site-functions/_limactl

You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect.

limactl completion zsh [flags]

Options

  -h, --help              help for zsh
      --no-descriptions   disable completion descriptions

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

6 - copy

limactl copy

Copy files between host and guest

Synopsis

Copy files between host and guest

Prefix guest filenames with the instance name and a colon.

Example: limactl copy default:/etc/os-release .

limactl copy SOURCE ... TARGET [flags]

Options

  -h, --help        help for copy
  -r, --recursive   copy directories recursively

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

7 - create

limactl create

Create an instance of Lima

limactl create FILE.yaml|URL [flags]

Examples


To create an instance "default" from the default Ubuntu template:
$ limactl create

To create an instance "default" from a template "docker":
$ limactl create --name=default template://docker

To create an instance "default" with modified parameters:
$ limactl create --cpus=2 --memory=2

To create an instance "default" with yq expressions:
$ limactl create --set='.cpus = 2 | .memory = "2GiB"'

To see the template list:
$ limactl create --list-templates

To create an instance "default" from a local file:
$ limactl create --name=default /usr/local/share/lima/templates/fedora.yaml

To create an instance "default" from a remote URL (use carefully, with a trustable source):
$ limactl create --name=default https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lima-vm/lima/master/templates/alpine.yaml

To create an instance "local" from a template passed to stdin (--name parameter is required):
$ cat template.yaml | limactl create --name=local -

Options

      --arch string         machine architecture (x86_64, aarch64, riscv64)
      --containerd string   containerd mode (user, system, user+system, none)
      --cpus int            number of CPUs
      --disk float32        disk size in GiB
      --dns ipSlice         specify custom DNS (disable host resolver) (default [])
  -h, --help                help for create
      --list-templates      list available templates and exit
      --memory float32      memory in GiB
      --mount strings       directories to mount, suffix ':w' for writable (Do not specify directories that overlap with the existing mounts)
      --mount-inotify       enable inotify for mounts
      --mount-type string   mount type (reverse-sshfs, 9p, virtiofs)
      --mount-writable      make all mounts writable
      --name string         override the instance name
      --network strings     additional networks, e.g., "vzNAT" or "lima:shared" to assign vmnet IP
      --plain               plain mode. Disable mounts, port forwarding, containerd, etc.
      --rosetta             enable Rosetta (for vz instances)
      --set string          modify the template inplace, using yq syntax
      --video               enable video output (has negative performance impact for QEMU)
      --vm-type string      virtual machine type (qemu, vz)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

8 - delete

limactl delete

Delete an instance of Lima.

limactl delete INSTANCE [INSTANCE, ...] [flags]

Options

  -f, --force   forcibly kill the processes
  -h, --help    help for delete

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

9 - disk

limactl disk

Lima disk management

Examples

  Create a disk:
  $ limactl disk create DISK --size SIZE [--format qcow2]

  List existing disks:
  $ limactl disk ls

  Delete a disk:
  $ limactl disk delete DISK

  Resize a disk:
  $ limactl disk resize DISK --size SIZE

Options

  -h, --help   help for disk

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

10 - disk create

limactl disk create

Create a Lima disk

limactl disk create DISK [flags]

Examples


To create a new disk:
$ limactl disk create DISK --size SIZE [--format qcow2]

Options

      --format string   specify the disk format (default "qcow2")
  -h, --help            help for create
      --size string     configure the disk size

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

11 - disk delete

limactl disk delete

Delete one or more Lima disks

limactl disk delete DISK [DISK, ...] [flags]

Examples


To delete a disk:
$ limactl disk delete DISK

To delete multiple disks:
$ limactl disk delete DISK1 DISK2 ...

Options

  -f, --force   force delete
  -h, --help    help for delete

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

12 - disk list

limactl disk list

List existing Lima disks

limactl disk list [flags]

Examples


To list existing disks:
$ limactl disk list

Options

  -h, --help   help for list
      --json   JSONify output

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

13 - disk resize

limactl disk resize

Resize existing Lima disk

limactl disk resize DISK [flags]

Examples


Resize a disk:
$ limactl disk resize DISK --size SIZE

Options

  -h, --help          help for resize
      --size string   Disk size

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

14 - disk unlock

limactl disk unlock

Unlock one or more Lima disks

limactl disk unlock DISK [DISK, ...] [flags]

Examples


Emergency recovery! If an instance is force stopped, it may leave a disk locked while not actually using it.

To unlock a disk:
$ limactl disk unlock DISK

To unlock multiple disks:
$ limactl disk unlock DISK1 DISK2 ...

Options

  -h, --help   help for unlock

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

15 - edit

limactl edit

Edit an instance of Lima or a template

limactl edit INSTANCE|FILE.yaml [flags]

Options

      --cpus int            number of CPUs
      --dns ipSlice         specify custom DNS (disable host resolver) (default [])
  -h, --help                help for edit
      --memory float32      memory in GiB
      --mount strings       directories to mount, suffix ':w' for writable (Do not specify directories that overlap with the existing mounts)
      --mount-inotify       enable inotify for mounts
      --mount-type string   mount type (reverse-sshfs, 9p, virtiofs)
      --mount-writable      make all mounts writable
      --network strings     additional networks, e.g., "vzNAT" or "lima:shared" to assign vmnet IP
      --rosetta             enable Rosetta (for vz instances)
      --set string          modify the template inplace, using yq syntax
      --video               enable video output (has negative performance impact for QEMU)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

16 - factory-reset

limactl factory-reset

Factory reset an instance of Lima

limactl factory-reset INSTANCE [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for factory-reset

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

17 - info

limactl info

Show diagnostic information

limactl info [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for info

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

18 - limactl

limactl

Lima: Linux virtual machines

Examples

  Start the default instance:
  $ limactl start

  Open a shell:
  $ lima

  Run a container:
  $ lima nerdctl run -d --name nginx -p 8080:80 nginx:alpine

  Stop the default instance:
  $ limactl stop

  See also template YAMLs: /usr/local/share/lima/templates

Options

      --debug               debug mode
  -h, --help                help for limactl
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

19 - list

limactl list

List instances of Lima.

Synopsis

List instances of Lima.

The output can be presented in one of several formats, using the –format flag.

–format json - output in json format –format yaml - output in yaml format –format table - output in table format –format ‘{{ }}’ - if the format begins and ends with ‘{{ }}’, then it is used as a go template.

These functions are available to go templates:

indent : add spaces to beginning of each line missing : return message if the text is empty

The following legacy flags continue to function: –json - equal to ‘–format json’

limactl list [flags] [INSTANCE]...

Options

      --all-fields      Show all fields
  -f, --format string   output format, one of: json, yaml, table, go-template (default "table")
  -h, --help            help for list
      --json            JSONify output
      --list-fields     List fields available for format
  -q, --quiet           Only show names

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

20 - protect

limactl protect

Protect an instance to prohibit accidental removal

Synopsis

Protect an instance to prohibit accidental removal via the ’limactl delete’ command. The instance is not being protected against removal via ‘/bin/rm’, Finder, etc.

limactl protect INSTANCE [INSTANCE, ...] [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for protect

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

21 - prune

limactl prune

Prune garbage objects

limactl prune [flags]

Options

  -h, --help            help for prune
      --keep-referred   Keep objects that are referred by some instances or templates

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

22 - shell

limactl shell

Execute shell in Lima

Synopsis

Execute shell in Lima

lima command is provided as an alias for limactl shell $LIMA_INSTANCE. $LIMA_INSTANCE defaults to “default”.

By default, the first ‘ssh’ executable found in the host’s PATH is used to connect to the Lima instance. A custom ssh alias can be used instead by setting the $SSH environment variable.

Hint: try –debug to show the detailed logs, if it seems hanging (mostly due to some SSH issue).

limactl shell [flags] INSTANCE [COMMAND...]

Options

  -h, --help             help for shell
      --shell string     shell interpreter, e.g. /bin/bash
      --workdir string   working directory

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

23 - show-ssh

limactl show-ssh

Show the ssh command line (DEPRECATED; use ssh -F instead)

Synopsis

Show the ssh command line (DEPRECATED)

WARNING: ’limactl show-ssh’ is deprecated. Instead, use ‘ssh -F ~/.lima/default/ssh.config lima-default’ .

limactl show-ssh [flags] INSTANCE

Examples


  "cmd" format (default): Full ssh command line.
    $ limactl show-ssh --format=cmd default
    ssh -o IdentityFile="/Users/example/.lima/_config/user" -o User=example -o Hostname=127.0.0.1 -o Port=60022 lima-default

  "args" format: Similar to the cmd format but omits "ssh" and the destination address
    $ limactl show-ssh --format=args default
    -o IdentityFile="/Users/example/.lima/_config/user" -o User=example -o Hostname=127.0.0.1 -o Port=60022

  "options" format: ssh option key value pairs
    $ limactl show-ssh --format=options default
    IdentityFile="/Users/example/.lima/_config/user"
    User=example
    Hostname=127.0.0.1
    Port=60022

  "config" format: ~/.ssh/config format
    $ limactl show-ssh --format=config default
    Host lima-default
      IdentityFile "/Users/example/.lima/_config/user "
      User example
      Hostname 127.0.0.1
      Port 60022

  To show the config file path:
    $ limactl ls --format='{{.SSHConfigFile}}' default
    /Users/example/.lima/default/ssh.config

Options

  -f, --format string   Format: cmd, args, options, config (default "cmd")
  -h, --help            help for show-ssh

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

24 - snapshot

limactl snapshot

Manage instance snapshots

Options

  -h, --help   help for snapshot

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

25 - snapshot apply

limactl snapshot apply

Apply (load) a snapshot

limactl snapshot apply INSTANCE [flags]

Options

  -h, --help         help for apply
      --tag string   name of the snapshot

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

26 - snapshot create

limactl snapshot create

Create (save) a snapshot

limactl snapshot create INSTANCE [flags]

Options

  -h, --help         help for create
      --tag string   name of the snapshot

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

27 - snapshot delete

limactl snapshot delete

Delete (del) a snapshot

limactl snapshot delete INSTANCE [flags]

Options

  -h, --help         help for delete
      --tag string   name of the snapshot

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

28 - snapshot list

limactl snapshot list

List existing snapshots

limactl snapshot list INSTANCE [flags]

Options

  -h, --help    help for list
  -q, --quiet   Only show tags

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

29 - start

limactl start

Start an instance of Lima

limactl start NAME|FILE.yaml|URL [flags]

Examples


To create an instance "default" (if not created yet) from the default Ubuntu template, and start it:
$ limactl start

To create an instance "default" from a template "docker", and start it:
$ limactl start --name=default template://docker

'limactl start' also accepts the 'limactl create' flags such as '--set'.
See the examples in 'limactl create --help'.

Options

      --arch string         [limactl create] machine architecture (x86_64, aarch64, riscv64)
      --containerd string   [limactl create] containerd mode (user, system, user+system, none)
      --cpus int            [limactl create] number of CPUs
      --disk float32        [limactl create] disk size in GiB
      --dns ipSlice         [limactl create] specify custom DNS (disable host resolver) (default [])
      --foreground          run the hostagent in the foreground
  -h, --help                help for start
      --list-templates      [limactl create] list available templates and exit
      --memory float32      [limactl create] memory in GiB
      --mount strings       [limactl create] directories to mount, suffix ':w' for writable (Do not specify directories that overlap with the existing mounts)
      --mount-inotify       [limactl create] enable inotify for mounts
      --mount-type string   [limactl create] mount type (reverse-sshfs, 9p, virtiofs)
      --mount-writable      [limactl create] make all mounts writable
      --name string         [limactl create] override the instance name
      --network strings     [limactl create] additional networks, e.g., "vzNAT" or "lima:shared" to assign vmnet IP
      --plain               [limactl create] plain mode. Disable mounts, port forwarding, containerd, etc.
      --rosetta             [limactl create] enable Rosetta (for vz instances)
      --set string          [limactl create] modify the template inplace, using yq syntax
      --timeout duration    duration to wait for the instance to be running before timing out (default 10m0s)
      --video               [limactl create] enable video output (has negative performance impact for QEMU)
      --vm-type string      [limactl create] virtual machine type (qemu, vz)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

30 - start-at-login

Register/Unregister an autostart file for the instance

limactl start-at-login INSTANCE [flags]

Options

      --enabled   Automatically start the instance when the user logs in (default true)
  -h, --help      help for start-at-login

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

31 - stop

limactl stop

Stop an instance

limactl stop INSTANCE [flags]

Options

  -f, --force   force stop the instance
  -h, --help    help for stop

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

32 - sudoers

limactl sudoers

Generate the content of the /etc/sudoers.d/lima file

Synopsis

Generate the content of the /etc/sudoers.d/lima file for enabling vmnet.framework support. The content is written to stdout, NOT to the file. This command must not run as the root user. See https://lima-vm.io/docs/config/network/#socket_vmnet for the usage.

limactl sudoers [--check [SUDOERSFILE-TO-CHECK]] [flags]

Examples


To generate the /etc/sudoers.d/lima file:
$ limactl sudoers | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/lima

To validate the existing /etc/sudoers.d/lima file:
$ limactl sudoers --check /etc/sudoers.d/lima

Options

      --check   check that the sudoers file is up-to-date with "~/.lima/_config/networks.yaml"
  -h, --help    help for sudoers

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

33 - tunnel

limactl tunnel

Create a tunnel for Lima

Synopsis

Create a tunnel for Lima

Create a SOCKS tunnel so that the host can join the guest network.

limactl tunnel [flags] INSTANCE

Options

  -h, --help             help for tunnel
      --socks-port int   SOCKS port, defaults to a random port
      --type string      Tunnel type, currently only "socks" is implemented (default "socks")

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

34 - unprotect

limactl unprotect

Unprotect an instance

limactl unprotect INSTANCE [INSTANCE, ...] [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for unprotect

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

35 - validate

limactl validate

Validate YAML files

limactl validate FILE.yaml [FILE.yaml, ...] [flags]

Options

      --fill   fill defaults
  -h, --help   help for validate

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug               debug mode
      --log-format string   Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text")
      --log-level string    Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]
      --tty                 Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

Command Reference

1 - completion

limactl completion

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2 - completion bash

limactl completion bash

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3 - completion fish

limactl completion fish

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4 - completion powershell

limactl completion powershell

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5 - completion zsh

limactl completion zsh

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macOS:

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6 - copy

limactl copy

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7 - create

limactl create

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8 - delete

limactl delete

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9 - disk

limactl disk

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10 - disk create

limactl disk create

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11 - disk delete

limactl disk delete

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12 - disk list

limactl disk list

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13 - disk resize

limactl disk resize

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