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Shared folders.vx mount dev ~/code makes ~/code here show up at ~/code in dev, live both ways, or vx mount dev .:/srv/app puts it somewhere else. --ro shares it read-only, vx mount dev lists them, vx mount rm dev ~/code stops sharing one, and vx new --mount shares one from the start. A running VM gets it straight away, and it's saved in vx.toml for next time. It works on every built-in distro: sshfs over vx's SSH connection, installed in the VM the first time.
Clones.vx clone dev makes dev-2, a new VM with a copy of dev's disk and a name, hostname, SSH port and host key of its own; vx clone dev web names it, and vx clone dev@deps copies dev as it was at a snapshot. A stopped VM is copied instantly; a running one keeps running. In the dashboard, C clones the selected VM, or the selected snapshot.
Change a VM's CPUs, memory and disk.vx set dev --cpus 8 --mem 16G --disk 40G, or --disk +20G for that much more; vx set dev shows them. A disk grows straight away, even while the VM runs, and so does its filesystem. New CPUs and memory take effect on restart, which vx set offers, or --restart does. In the dashboard, e changes them.
Rename a VM.vx mv dev web (or vx rename) renames it, along with its hostname and its web.vx SSH alias. A running VM restarts to take the new name, after asking; -y doesn't ask. In the dashboard, r renames the selected VM.
vx snap has a running VM write what it's holding in memory to its disk first, so a snapshot's disk is complete on its own, for cloning.
sshfs is one of the package names vx install translates for each distro.
Install vx 0.4.0
Install prebuilt binaries via shell script
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/AlexanderWangY/vx/releases/download/v0.4.0/vx-installer.sh | sh
New VMs come set up the way you like. List packages in ~/.vx/config.toml ([new] install = ["git", "build-tools"]) and every vx new installs them once the VM is up, then runs your own setup script if you give one (setup = "~/.vx/setup.sh", run as you). build-tools, python, node, go, rust and fd work on every distro; other names are the distro's own. vx new --install, --setup and --bare change it for one VM, the dashboard's new-VM form shows it, and vx install <vm> <packages> installs into an existing VM.
Port forwarding.vx port dev 8080:80 makes localhost:8080 reach port 80 in dev, or vx port dev 3000 uses the same port on both sides. A running VM picks it up straight away, and it's saved in vx.toml for next time. vx port dev lists them, vx port rm dev 8080 removes one, and f in the dashboard does all three.
Copying files.vx cp copies files and directories into or out of a VM: vx cp notes.txt src/ dev:/tmp/, vx cp dev:out.log .. It starts the VM first if it's stopped.
The highlighted snapshot is now called the current snapshot: the one the VM's state is based on.
vx ssh to a paused VM says to resume it, instead of hanging.
Install vx 0.3.0
Install prebuilt binaries via shell script
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/AlexanderWangY/vx/releases/download/v0.3.0/vx-installer.sh | sh
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Release Notes
Snapshots.vx snap <vm> [name] [-m note] saves a VM as it is; vx snap ls, vx snap restore and vx snap rm list, go back to and delete them. A running VM's memory is saved too, so going back resumes it exactly where it was. Snapshots are independent save slots: going back to one or deleting one never touches the others.
Snapshots in the dashboard.S opens the selected VM's snapshots, ctrl-s saves one right away, and the snapshot the VM came from is highlighted.
Live details pane. On terminals at least 120 columns wide, the dashboard shows the selected VM's CPU (overall and per core), memory, swap, disk and network from inside the guest, plus its newest snapshots. i hides or shows it.
Upgrading on macOS: VMs still running from 0.1.0 need one restart (vx stop, vx start) before a snapshot can save their memory; until then they get disk-only snapshots.
Install vx 0.2.0
Install prebuilt binaries via shell script
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/AlexanderWangY/vx/releases/download/v0.2.0/vx-installer.sh | sh
