Lima examples

⭐ = "Tier 1"

Default: default.yaml (⭐Ubuntu, with containerd/nerdctl)

Distro:

• almalinux.yaml: AlmaLinux
• alpine.yaml: ⭐Alpine Linux
• archlinux.yaml: ⭐Arch Linux
• centos.yaml: CentOS Linux 8 (EOL)
• centos-stream.yaml: CentOS Stream 8
• debian.yaml: ⭐Debian GNU/Linux
• fedora.yaml: ⭐Fedora
• opensuse.yaml: ⭐openSUSE Leap
• oraclelinux.yaml: Oracle Linux
• rocky.yaml: Rocky Linux
• ubuntu.yaml: Ubuntu (same as default.yaml but without extra YAML lines)
• ubuntu-lts.yaml: Ubuntu LTS (same as ubuntu.yaml but pinned to an LTS version)

Container engines:

• docker.yaml: Docker
• podman.yaml: Podman
• singularity.yaml: Singularity
• LXD is installed in the default Ubuntu template, so there is no lxd.yaml

Container image builders:

• buildkit.yaml: BuildKit

Container orchestration:

• k3s.yaml: Kubernetes via k3s
• k8s.yaml: Kubernetes via kubeadm
• nomad.yaml: Nomad
• faasd.yaml: Faasd

Others:

• vmnet.yaml: ⭐enable vmnet.framework
• deprecated/centos-7.yaml: [deprecated] CentOS Linux 7
• experimental/almalinux-9.yaml: [experimental] AlmaLinux 9
• experimental/centos-stream-9.yaml: [experimental] CentOS Stream 9
• experimental/9p.yaml: [experimental] use 9p mount type
• experimental/riscv64.yaml: [experimental] RISC-V
• experimental/apptainer.yaml: [experimental] Apptainer

Tier 1

The "Tier 1" yamls (marked with ⭐) are regularly tested on the CI.

Other yamls are tested only occasionally and manually.

Usage

Run limactl start fedora.yaml to create a Lima instance named "fedora".

To open a shell, run limactl shell fedora bash or LIMA_INSTANCE=fedora lima bash.