v1.0.0-alpha.0

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

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Release manager: @AkihiroSuda

v0.23.2

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

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Release manager: @AkihiroSuda

v0.23.1

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

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Release manager: @AkihiroSuda

v0.23.0

• YAML:

  • Add a param field for defining variables (#2498, thanks to @norio-nomura)

• vz:

  • Prioritize rosetta over qemu-user-static (#2474, thanks to @norio-nomura)
  • Configura AOT caching options using an abstract socket (#2489, thanks to @norio-nomura)

• Templates:

  • add alpine-image (#2360, thanks to @jandubois)
  • remove centos-stream-8, deprecated/centos-7 (#2457)
  • update to the latest revisions (#2553)

• Governance:

  • MAINTAINERS: invite Oleksandr Redko (@alexandear) as a Reviewer (#2383)

Full changes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/milestone/46?closed=1
Thanks to @AdamKorcz @AmedeeBulle @SmartManoj @afbjorklund @alexandear @danchr @fwilhe2 @jandubois @norio-nomura @tcooper @why168

v0.22.0

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.
-  vdeSwitch: /opt/vde/bin/vde_switch
-  vdeVMNet: /opt/vde/bin/vde_vmnet
   varRun: /private/var/run/lima
   sudoers: /private/etc/sudoers.d/lima

Changes

• vmnet:

  • Remove the support for vde_vmnet (Deprecated since Sep 2022, in favor of socket_vmnet) (#2311)

• limactl CLI:

  • limactl ls $INSTANCE now exits with non-zero status if the instance does not exist (#2295, thanks to @BajuMcBites)

• nerdctl:

  • Update to v1.7.6 (#2304)

• Misc:

  • Drop support for Go 1.20 (#2258)

• Templates:

  • Ubuntu: update to 24.04 (#2300)
  • Fedora: update to 40 (#2292)
  • Update Alpine, Arch Linux, CentOS Stream, and Debian to the latest revisions (#2299, #2308, #2318 thanks to @jandubois)

Full changes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/milestone/45?closed=1

Thanks to @BajuMcBites @afbjorklund @alexandear @jandubois @vasileknik76

Usage

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

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

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The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/actions/runs/8980002249

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is ae6c43a8f145d574142deb1c6e105e4ab79156947b9098bf57c94d91ff15da97 .

v0.21.0

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 revisions (#2248)

Full changes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/milestone/43?closed=1
Thanks to @afbjorklund @alexandear @balajiv113 @blmhemu @jandubois @norio-nomura @pendo324 @roman-kiselenko @terev

Usage

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

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

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The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is 3a4fc483678ef5aea033a9d19b5e4db1ddc480f54d1a12afb257f255d72b5395 .

v0.21.0-beta.0

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 @balajiv113 @blmhemu @jandubois @norio-nomura @pendo324
@roman-kiselenko

Usage

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

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

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v0.20.2

Changes

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

Prior to Lima v0.20.2, 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

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The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/actions/runs/8244166862

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is 1aa58b5567fb1e2ca60500ed0e8b7fefbdf930d74214b3858add6b20f5dbdec3 .

v0.20.1

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 v1.1.12 (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/milestone/42?closed=1
Thanks to @alexandear @ayushgml @jandubois @vasileknik76

Usage

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

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

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v0.20.0

This release adds the support for propagating the timezone from the host setting.
This release also fixes incompatibility with Go 1.22 (ETA: February 2024).

Changes

• Misc:

  • Set guest timezone from host setting (#2097)
  • Support Go 1.22 (#2137)
  • Store lima-version file in the instance directory (#2107, thanks to @jandubois)

• limactl CLI:

  • Add limactl start --foreground for better support of launchd (#2146, thanks to @norio-nomura)

• YAML:

  • Add upgradePackages: <bool> to upgrade the packages on boot (#2119, thanks to @afbjorklund)

• QEMU:

  • Revert virtserialport back to unix socket for QEMU guest agent communication (#2112, thanks to @jandubois)
  • Support Debian trixie hosts' UEFI firmware path (#2124, thanks to @DennisRasey)

• WSL2:

  • Support guest agent (#2118, thanks to @pendo324)

• Templates:

  • alpine: Update Alpine to 3.19 (#2136, thanks to @jandubois)
  • rke2: Update RKE2 to 1.29 (#2157)
  • u7s: Update Usernetes to gen2-v20231218.0 (#2157)
  • k8s: stop using sudo kubectl for KUBECONFIG (#2102, thanks to @afbjorklund)
  • Update Ubuntu, CentOS Stream, Debian, Arch Linux to the latest revision (#2157)

Full changes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/milestone/41?closed=1
Thanks to @DennisRasey @afbjorklund @alexandear @jandubois @mhumeSF @norio-nomura @pendo324 @porfirion @stefanb @zhaojizhuang

Usage

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

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

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The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/actions/runs/7582028915

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is 09361987b9794963cfc4e6290842de8fbeafb8f075138178b0a7c42d85839b25 .