NAME

limactl-clone - Clone an instance of Lima

SYNOPSIS

limactl clone OLDINST NEWINST [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Clone an instance of Lima.

Not to be confused with 'limactl copy' ('limactl cp').

OPTIONS

--cpus=0 [limactl edit] Number of CPUs

--disk=0 [limactl edit] Disk size in GiB

--dns=[] [limactl edit] Specify custom DNS (disable host resolver)

-h, --help[=false] help for clone

--memory=0 [limactl edit] Memory in GiB

--mount=[] [limactl edit] Directories to mount, suffix ':w' for writable (Do not specify directories that overlap with the existing mounts)

--mount-inotify[=false] [limactl edit] Enable inotify for mounts

--mount-none[=false] [limactl edit] Remove all mounts

--mount-only=[] [limactl edit] Similar to --mount, but overrides the existing mounts

--mount-type="" [limactl edit] Mount type (reverse-sshfs, 9p, virtiofs)

--mount-writable[=false] [limactl edit] Make all mounts writable

--nested-virt[=false] [limactl edit] Enable nested virtualization

--network=[] [limactl edit] Additional networks, e.g., "vzNAT" or "lima:shared" to assign vmnet IP

--param=[] [limactl edit] Set a template parameter, e.g. name=value. Can be passed multiple times.

--rosetta[=false] [limactl edit] Enable Rosetta (for vz instances)

--set=[] [limactl edit] Modify the template inplace, using yq syntax. Can be passed multiple times. See 'limactl help yq-restrictions' for limitations.

--shell="" [limactl edit] User login shell in the guest (e.g. /bin/bash, /bin/zsh)

--ssh-port=0 [limactl edit] SSH port (0 for random)

--start[=false] Start the instance after cloning

--video[=false] [limactl edit] Enable video output (has negative performance impact for QEMU)

--vm-type="" [limactl edit] Virtual machine type

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--debug[=false] Debug mode

--log-format="text" Set the logging format [text, json]

--log-level="" Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]

--tty[=false] Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

-y, --yes[=false] Alias of --tty=false

SEE ALSO

limactl(1)