Lima

Reverted the default port forwarder from gRPC to SSH for the stability reason (#2864).
This reversion fixes several regressions related to docker run -p in Lima v1.0.0 (#2859).

Although the gRPC forwarder is faster and has an advanced feature (UDP support), it turned out to be still immature.
Set LIMA_SSH_PORT_FORWARDER=false to opt-in to the gRPC forwarder.
See https://lima-vm.io/docs/config/port/.

Full changes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/milestone/50?closed=1
Thanks to @alexandear @jandubois @norio-nomura

Usage

[macOS]$ limactl create
[macOS]$ limactl start
...
INFO[0029] READY. Run `lima` to open the shell.
[macOS]$ lima 

With the support from 110+ contributors in 3+ years, the Lima project has finally reached v1.0. 🎉

This release introduces several breaking changes, such as switching the default machine driver from QEMU to VZ for better filesystem performance.

The limactl CLI is designed to print hints when the user hits those breaking changes.
e.g., limactl create template://experimental/vz now fails with a hint that suggests using limactl create --vm-type=vz template://default instead.

🔴 = Major breaking changes
🟡 = Minor breaking changes

• VZ:

  • Graduate VZ machine driver from experimental (#2758)
  • 🔴 Use VZ by default for new instances on macOS >= 13.5 (#1951)
  • Support nested virtualization on M3 (#2530, thanks to @abiosoft

With the support from 110+ contributors in 3+ years, the Lima project has finally reached v1.0 (Pre-release). 🎉

This release introduces several breaking changes, such as switching the default machine driver from QEMU to VZ for better filesystem performance.

The limactl CLI is designed to print hints when the user hits those breaking changes.
e.g., limactl create template://experimental/vz now fails with a hint that suggests using limactl create --vm-type=vz template://default instead.

🔴 = Major breaking changes
🟡 = Minor breaking changes

• VZ:

  • Graduate VZ machine driver from experimental (#2758)
  • 🔴 Use VZ by default for

Changes

• vz:
  • Use VZ by default for new instances on macOS >= 13.5 (#1951)

Full changes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/milestone/47?closed=1

Usage

[macOS]$ limactl create
[macOS]$ limactl start
...
INFO[0029] READY. Run `lima` to open the shell.
[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/actions/runs/10628063124

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is 69bbfccf7e046e03edd5d3facd8

Changes

• Network:

  • Fixed a stability issue (#2556, #2561)

• Templates:

  • Updated to the latest revisions (#2556)

Full changes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/milestone/49?closed=1

Usage

[macOS]$ limactl create
[macOS]$ limactl start
...
INFO[0029] READY. Run `lima` to open the shell.
[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/actions/runs/10610584784

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is 9183a5703205d331d89f4a62abdbbb377cb77f1f49f

Changes

• Fixed the CI to generate the release note (#2555)

Usage

[macOS]$ limactl create
[macOS]$ limactl start
...
INFO[0029] READY. Run `lima` to open the shell.
[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/actions/runs/10441930092

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is e93a48f3a011c25367da50ab3609bb28437fcde259371f005f8b234caa46efff .

Release manager: @AkihiroSuda

This release drops the support for vde_vmnet (deprecated since 2022) in favor of socket_vmnet.

vmnet users will need to regenerate the /etc/sudoers.d/lima file:

limactl sudoers >etc_sudoers.d_lima
sudo install -o root etc_sudoers.d_lima /etc/sudoers.d/lima

Users may also want to clean up the vde-related lines from their ~/.lima/_config/networks.yaml:

--- /Users/user/.lima/_config/networks.yaml.bak 2024-05-07 14:17:28
+++ /Users/user/.lima/_config/networks.yaml     2024-05-07 14:18:09
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 # socketVMNet requires Lima >= 0.12 .
 # socketVMNet has precedence over vdeVMNet.
   socketVMNet: "/opt/socket_vmnet/bin/socket_vmnet"
-# vdeSwitch and vdeVMNet are DEPRECATED.

This release adds the support for limactl start-at-login and inotify.

Changes

• limactl CLI:

  • Add limactl start-at-login INSTANCE command (#2151, thanks to @roman-kiselenko)

• Mounts:

  • Support for inotify: limactl start --mount-inotify (#1913, thanks to @balajiv113)

• YAML:

  • Allow {{.Name}} in provision scripts (#2179)

• nerdctl:

  • Update to v1.7.4 → v1.7.5 (#2251)

• Templates:

  • Alpine: demote from Tier 1 to Tier 2 (#2236)
  • Update Ubuntu, Arch Linux, CentOS Stream, and Debian to the latest revi

Changes

• limactl CLI:

  • Add limactl start-at-login INSTANCE command (#2151, thanks to @roman-kiselenko)

• Mounts:

  • Support for inotify: limactl start --mount-inotify (#1913, thanks to @balajiv113)

• YAML:

  • Allow {{.Name}} in provision scripts (#2179)

• Templates:

  • Alpine: demote from Tier 1 to Tier 2 (#2236)

Full changes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/milestone/43?closed=1
Thanks to @afbjorklund @alexandear

Changes

• alpine: avoid wiping out writable host mounts under /home, etc (#2244)

Prior to Lima v0.202, a host directory could be wiped out when all the following conditions are met:

• The directory is mounted to Lima via virtiofs or 9p (reverse-sshfs is not affected)
• The mount is writable
• The mount point in the guest is under one of: /etc /home /root /usr/local /var/lib
• The guest OS is Alpine Linux

Usage

[macOS]$ limactl create
[macOS]$ limactl start
...
INFO[0029] READY. Run `lima` to open the shell.
[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is a

Changes

• limactl CLI:

  • Improve readability of limactl --help (#2167, thanks to @ayushgml)

• QEMU:

  • Unfork EDK2 (#2170). Now QEMU instances running on ARM Mac need QEMU >= 8.2.1 or QEMU < 8.2.0.

• nerdctl:

  • Update from v1.7.2 to v1.7.3 (#2172)
    • Contains runc v1.1.2 (fixes CVE-2024-21626) and BuildKit v0.12.5 (CVE-2024-23650, CVE-2024-23651, CVE-2024-23652, CVE-2024-23653)

• Templates:

  • Update Ubuntu and CentOS Stream to the latest revision (#2172)

Full changes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/miles