virt

small Linux VM, ready to run containers, for macOS on ARM

Usage

• on macOS
  • curl -Lo- https://github.com/apinske/virt/releases/download/v0.12/virt.tar.gz | tar xzf -
  • ./virt
• in VM
  • apk upgrade
  • ./setup-vdb.sh
  • ./setup-podman.sh
    • to test: podman run --rm -it alpine
  • ./setup-rosetta.sh
    • to test: podman run --rm -it --arch amd64 alpine
  • ./setup-k3d.sh
    • to test: kubectl create deployment nginx --image nginx
  • $HOME is mounted at /mnt/virt/home
• ssh
  • apk add dropbear && reboot
  • ssh root@$(ndp -an | grep $(cat .virt.mac) | awk '{print $1}')

Components

Kernel

• based on 6.12 longterm
• small set of features
• only virtio drivers

Userland

• based on Alpine 3.22
• stripped down

Hypervisor

• based on Apple Virtualization.framework