--- title: Trusted open source for enterprises description: Install the most streamlined linux VM management tool on Windows, Mac, or Linux. Multipass can create virtual machines in just seconds, and gives you the tools to run a local microcloud on your workstation. url: https://canonical.com/multipass/install?format=md --- # Install Multipass Get an instant Ubuntu VM with a single command. Multipass can launch and run virtual machines and configure them with [cloud-init](https://cloud-init.io/) like a public cloud. Prototype your cloud launches locally for free. --- ## Select your OS to get started Linux Windows MacOS ### Install Multipass on Linux To install Multipass on a Linux system, run the following command: ``` sudo snap install multipass ``` Don't have the `snap` command? [Get set up for snaps](https://docs.snapcraft.io/installing-snapd). ### Install Multipass on Windows 1. [Download Multipass for Windows](https://canonical.com/multipass/download/windows) You need Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise/Education v 1803 or later, or any Windows 10 with VirtualBox. --- 2. Ensure your network is private Make sure your local network is designated as private, otherwise Windows prevents Multipass from starting. --- 3. Run the installer You need to allow the installer to gain Administrator privileges. ### Install Multipass on MacOS 1. [Download Multipass for MacOS](https://canonical.com/multipass/download/macos) Alternatively, see our [documentation](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/multipass/en/latest/how-to-guides/install-multipass) for instructions on how to install using brew. --- 2. Run the installer You will need to run the installer in an account with administrator privileges. --- ## How to launch LTS instances The first five minutes with Multipass let you know how easy it is to have a lightweight cloud handy. Let's launch a few LTS instances, list them, run a command, use cloud-init and clean up old instances to start. * Launch an instance (by default you get the current Ubuntu LTS): ``` multipass launch --name foo ``` * Run commands in that instance, try running bash (logout or ctrl-d to quit): ``` multipass exec foo -- lsb_release -a ``` * See your instances: ``` multipass list ``` * Stop and start instances: ``` multipass stop foo bar ``` ``` multipass start foo ``` * Clean up what you don't need: ``` multipass delete bar ``` ``` multipass purge ``` * Find alternate images to launch: ``` multipass find ``` * Pass a cloud-init metadata file to an instance on launch. (See [Using cloud-init with Multipass](https://blog.ubuntu.com/2018/04/02/using-cloud-init-with-multipass) for more details): ``` multipass launch -n bar --cloud-init cloud-config.yaml ``` * Get help: ``` multipass help ``` ``` multipass help ``` --- Don't forget you still have the "foo" instance running. To learn more about Multipass keep reading, [go to the docs](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/multipass/en/latest/), or [join the discussion and get involved.](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/multipass/21) --- ## Check out some of the things you can do with Multipass