github lima-vm/lima v2.0.0-rc.0
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pre-release10 hours ago

Highlights:

Other notable changes:

  • /tmp/lima is no longer mounted by default (#3951)
  • SSH port is no longer hard-coded to 60022 for the "default" instance (#3780)
  • Forward UDP ports by default (#4054)
  • Support CLI plugins (#3834, #4009, thanks to @olamilekan000)
  • Support custom URL scheme plugins (#3937, thanks to @jandubois).
    template://default is now recommended to be written as template:default. The old form is still supported.

Changes

  • VM driver infrastructure:

  • krunkit:

  • VZ:

  • QEMU:

    • Fallback to TCG when KVM is not available on Linux hosts (#4204)

  • MCP:

  • limactl CLI:

    • Add limactl (start|restart) --progress flag to show the progress of provisioning (#3846, #3915, thanks to @olamilekan000 @norio-nomura)
    • Add limactl (create|start|edit) --port-forward flag for static port forwarding (#3699, thanks to @Horiodino).
      Usually not needed, but useful for instances created with --plain.
    • Add limactl (create|start|edit) --ssh-port flag (#3791)
    • Add limactl (create|start|edit) --mount-only flag (#3947).
      Similar to --mount, but overrides the existing mounts. Useful for mounting $(pwd).
    • Support specifying --set multiple times in limactl (create|start|edit) (#4197, thanks to @AndiDog)
    • Add limactl shell --preserve-env flag to propagate env vars from the host to VM (#3830, thanks to @olamilekan000).
      See also LIMA_SHELLENV_ALLOW and LIMA_SHELLENV_BLOCK.
    • Support CLI plugins (#3834, #4009, thanks to @olamilekan000)
    • Support custom URL scheme plugins (#3937, thanks to @jandubois).
      template://default is now recommended to be written as template:default. The old form is still supported.
    • Add limactl copy --backend=rsync flag as an alternative to scp backend (#3143, thanks to @olamilekan000)
    • Add limactl list--yq and limactl info --yq flags (#3998, thanks to @jandubois)
    • Add limactl rename OLD NEW (#4207)
    • Deprecate --yes and introduce limactl (clone|rename|edit|shell) --start instead (#4108, #4285, thanks to @Horiodino @nlordell) [New in v2.0.0-rc.0]

  • YAML:

    • Migrate cpuType to vmOpts.qemu (#3500, thanks to @unsuman)
    • Add yq provision mode (#3892, thanks to @norio-nomura)
    • Prohibit relative paths in YAML (#3950).
      Relative paths were never intended to be supported,
      but they were accidentally allowed due to a regression in v1.1.0.
      The CLI command limactl (create|start|edit) --mount DIR still supports relative paths.

  • Default template:

    • Remove /tmp/lima mount (#3951)
    • Stop hardcoding SSH port 60022 (#3780)

  • Network:

    • Enable mDNS for vzNAT and socket_vmnet (#4272, thanks to @norio-nomura) [New in v2.0.0-rc.0]

  • Port forwarding:

    • Support port forwarding in plain mode (#3699, thanks to @Horiodino)
    • Support host sockets in gRPC port forwarder (#4008, thanks to @norio-nomura)
    • Forward UDP ports by default (#4054)
    • Eliminated 3-second delay for detecting ports (#4066)
    • Removed iptables watcher for sudo nerdctl run -p ... (#4107).
      sudo nerdctl run -p ... now requires nerdctl v2.1.6 or later.
    • Improved performance of gRPC forwarder (#4247, thanks to @balajiv113)
    • Support UDP in Kubernetes (#4233)
    • Change default of guestIPMustBeZero to true when guestIP is 0.0.0.0 (#4221, thanks to @jandubois)

  • nerdctl:

  • Build system:

    • Remove Kconfig and config.mk, in favor of Makefile variables (#3732)
    • Support Fedora, RHEL, and relevant host distributions (#4228, thanks to @valdela1)

  • Templates:

    • alpine, alpine-iso: update to Alpine 3.22 (#4184, #4190, thanks to @jandubois)
    • debian: update to Debian 13 (#4029, thanks to @unsuman)
    • docker, docker-rootful: Enable containerd image store (#3941, thanks to @norio-nomura)
    • fedora: update to Fedora 43 (#4255)
    • opensuse: update to openSUSE Leap 16 (#4203)
    • oraclelinux: update to Oracle Linux 10 (#4236, thanks to @valdela1)
    • ubuntu, default: update Ubuntu to 25.10 (#4202)
    • k0s: New template (#3728, thanks to @plandem)

  • Project:

Full changes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/milestone/59?closed=1

Thanks to @AndiDog @Horiodino @afbjorklund @alexandear @ashwat287 @balajiv113 @bonifaido @dharsanb @gnawhleinad @iamleot @jandubois @muchzill4 @ningmingxiao @nlordell @norio-nomura @olamilekan000 @plandem @stek29 @unsuman @valdela1 @vax-r @vishalanarase @zyfy29

Usage

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

$ 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/19076221777

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is 6c709722612fac112079f18b145acbb40970d88d734fdcc0318bd936ef59f8df .

Release manager: @AkihiroSuda

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