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krunvm — Create MicroVMs from OCI images. More information: <https://github.com/containers/krunvm/blob/main/d

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Problem

How to use the krunvm command: Create MicroVMs from OCI images. More information: <https://github.com/containers/krunvm/blob/main/docs/krunvm.1.txt>.

Solution

krunvm — Create MicroVMs from OCI images. More information: <https://github.com/containers/krunvm/blob/main/docs/krunvm.1.txt>.

Create MicroVM based on Fedora:

krunvm create {{docker.io/fedora}} --cpus {{number_of_vcpus}} --mem {{memory_in_megabytes}} --name "{{name}}"

Start a specific image:

krunvm start "{{image_name}}"

List images:

krunvm list

Change a specific image:

krunvm changevm --cpus {{number_of_vcpus}} --mem {{memory_in_megabytes}} --name "{{new_vm_name}}" "{{current_vm_name}}"

Delete a specific image:

krunvm delete "{{image_name}}"

Code Snippets

Create MicroVM based on Fedora

krunvm create {{docker.io/fedora}} --cpus {{number_of_vcpus}} --mem {{memory_in_megabytes}} --name "{{name}}"

Start a specific image

krunvm start "{{image_name}}"

List images

krunvm list

Change a specific image

krunvm changevm --cpus {{number_of_vcpus}} --mem {{memory_in_megabytes}} --name "{{new_vm_name}}" "{{current_vm_name}}"

Delete a specific image

krunvm delete "{{image_name}}"

Context

tldr-pages: common/krunvm

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