Reference

This section provides detailed reference material for Multipass, such as all available commands, configuration settings keys, and more.

Command-line reference

Multipass offers a powerful command-line interface for creating and managing virtual machines effortlessly.

For a complete list of Multipass CLI commands and their usage, see [Command-line interface].(command-line-interface/index).

GUI client

Multipass also comes with a user-friendly desktop application to create and manage your VMs, which also includes a virtual shell interface. For more details, see GUI client.

Instances

To find out more about the naming convention for Multipass VMs (also called instances) and the possible states they can assume, see:

• Instance name format

• Instance states

Logs

For more information on the different logging levels that can be configured in Multipass, see Logging levels.

Settings

Multipass can be fine-tuned to suit your needs with various configuration settings that can be read and written via CLI commands. Some settings can also be configured using the GUI client.

For a comprehensive list of all available settings, see Settings.