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.
SEE ALSO
- limactl completion - Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
- limactl copy - Copy files between host and guest
- limactl create - Create an instance of Lima
- limactl delete - Delete an instance of Lima.
- limactl disk - Lima disk management
- limactl edit - Edit an instance of Lima or a template
- limactl factory-reset - Factory reset an instance of Lima
- limactl info - Show diagnostic information
- limactl list - List instances of Lima.
- limactl protect - Protect an instance to prohibit accidental removal
- limactl prune - Prune garbage objects
- limactl shell - Execute shell in Lima
- limactl show-ssh - Show the ssh command line (DEPRECATED; use
ssh -F
instead) - limactl snapshot - Manage instance snapshots
- limactl start - Start an instance of Lima
- limactl start-at-login - Register/Unregister an autostart file for the instance
- limactl stop - Stop an instance
- limactl sudoers - Generate the content of the /etc/sudoers.d/lima file
- limactl tunnel - Create a tunnel for Lima
- limactl unprotect - Unprotect an instance
- limactl validate - Validate YAML files