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

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions. 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 .