Linux virtual machines, typically on macOS, for running containerd
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Lima: Linux Machines
Lima launches Linux virtual machines with automatic file sharing and port forwarding (similar to WSL2).
The original goal of Lima was to promote containerd including nerdctl (contaiNERD ctl) to Mac users, but Lima can be used for non-container applications as well.
Lima also supports other container engines (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.) and non-macOS hosts (Linux, NetBSD, etc.).
Getting started
Set up (on macOS):
brew install lima limactl start
To run Linux commands:
lima sudo apt-get install -y neofetch lima neofetch
To run containers with containerd:
lima nerdctl run --rm hello-world
To run containers with Docker:
limactl start template://docker export DOCKER_HOST=$(limactl list docker --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/sock/docker.sock') docker run --rm hello-world
To run containers with Kubernetes:
limactl start template://k8s export KUBECONFIG=$(limactl list k8s --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/copied-from-guest/kubeconfig.yaml') kubectl apply -f ...
See https://lima-vm.io/docs/ for the further information.
Community
Adopters
Container environments:
GUI:
Communication channels
#lima
channel in the CNCF Slack
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