Multipass & cloud-init

Multipass

Get an instant Ubuntu VM with a single command. Multipass can launch and run virtual machines and configure them with cloud-init like a public cloud. Prototype your cloud launches locally for free.

• multipass.run
• canonical/multipass (github.com)

cloud-init

The standard for customising cloud instances

• cloud-init.io
• canonical/cloud-init (github.com)
• cloud-init docs (readthedocs.io)
• Tutorial - How to use cloud-init to customize a Linux virtual machine in Azure on first boot (docs.microsoft.com)

Try multipass with Dapr

This snippet uses a cloud-init.yaml with a bash script (cloud-init.sh) that installs Dapr, lazygit, and Go inside your VM.

• asw101/2021/dev/dapr (github.com)

Try multipass with KEDA

This snippet uses a cloud-init.yaml with a bash script (cloud-init.sh) that installs: microk8s, k9s, lazygit, Go, KEDA and downloads the KEDA HTTP Add-On inside your VM.

• asw101/2021/dev/keda (github.com)

Try multipass with Kubernetes Cluster API

• scotty-c/cluster-api-azure-control-plane (github.com)