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# Canonical Multipass Reviews
**Vendor:** Canonical Ltd.  
**Category:** [Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas)  
**Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 1
## About Canonical Multipass
Multipass provides a command line interface to launch, manage and generally fiddle about with instances of Linux. The downloading of a minty-fresh image takes a matter of seconds, and within minutes a VM can be up and running




## Canonical Multipass Reviews
  ### 1. Use it, especially when on Windows 10 Pro

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Yiorgos [George] A. | DevOps Engineer, Financial Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2021

**What do you like best about Canonical Multipass?**

Multipass works like a charm with Windows 10 Pro and Hyper-V. I migrated to it from VirtualBox after upgrading to Windows 10 Pro. In W10Pro, Hyper-V is enabled by default, and Multipass takes care of all the VM management that is needed. Stuff that you did before using VBox.  Thanks to multipass, I was able to continue using my workflow, as it was established with VBox.

One more key asset of multipass I like is the fact that multipass delete does not actually delete your VM and you can restore it. You need to multipass purge in order to really wipe them out.

**What do you dislike about Canonical Multipass?**

Two things:
1.  Ubuntu only VMS
2. From time to time I have to delete "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.ics" . This is needed when you try to start the VM and you get a time out from multipass. When you see such an error message check the contents of this file. If they are mangled, delete it and reboot (unfortunately). You're done.

**What problems is Canonical Multipass solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I am running multipass on Windows. I am using it for the following use cases:
- Running specific VMs per project to keep infomation and installations isolated when needed. These VMs are long lived
- Spinning up ephemeral VMs to test software
- Spin up a VM to run microk8s since on W10Pro minikube is not a choice.

In all cases, I get the benefit of clean Ubuntu setups, painless and hassle-free.


## Canonical Multipass Discussions
  - [What is multipass canonical?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-multipass-canonical) - 1 comment

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## Canonical Multipass Features
**Infrastructure Provision**
- Public Cloud
- Private Cloud
- Hybrid Cloud
- Bare Metal
- High-Performance Computing (HPC)
- Virtual Machines (VMs)
- Edge Computing
- Virtual Networks
- Cloud Computing

**Management**
- Pay by Usage
- Usage Tracking
- Performance Tracking
- Activity Tracking

**Functionality**
- Resource Auto-Scaling

**Additional Functionality**
- Version Control
- Database Support
- Real-Time Monitoring
- Monitoring
- Activity Dashboard
- SSL Security
- Configurable Workflow
- Performance Metrics
- Performance Management
- Server Monitoring
- Data Security
- Reporting/Analytics
- API
- Compliance Management
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Authentication
- Real-Time Analytics
- Audit Management
- Single Sign On
- Generative AI
- Third-Party Integrations
- Alerts/Escalation
- Data Storage Management
- AI Copilot
- Resource Management
- Activity Management
- Scheduling
- Load Balancing
- Backup and Recovery
- User Management
- Role-Based Permissions
- Secure Login
- Reporting & Statistics
- Network Monitoring
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
- Task Scheduling
- Application Management
- Resource Allocation & Planning
- Real-Time Notifications
- Data Migration
- Configuration Management
- Log Access
- Data Visualization
- Real-Time Data
- Audit Trail
- Secure Data Storage
- Data Capture and Transfer
- Workflow Management
- Performance Monitoring
- Search/Filter

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