NAME

new — create and boot a VM

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

new creates a VM and boots it. Without -n the name is random.

The options are as follows:

-c cpus

Number of cpus.

-d disk

Size of the data disk in GiB, or with a G or T suffix.

-i image

Image to start from. The default is base.

-m memory

Memory in MiB, or with an M or G suffix.

-n name

Name of the VM: lowercase letters, digits and hyphens. It is also the hostname and the HTTPS name.

-s script

Run script once as puffy on the first boot. ‘\n’ is a line break; /dev/stdin reads the script from standard input.

-w

Wait until ssh on the VM answers, and print how long it took.

EXAMPLES

Create a VM named web and wait for ssh:

$ ssh chroot.dev new -n web -w

More memory and a data disk:

$ ssh chroot.dev new -n db -m 512M -d 4G

Install packages on the first boot:

$ ssh chroot.dev new -n app -w -s /dev/stdin < setup.sh

SEE ALSO

cp(1), resize(1), rm(1), copies(7)