Release Notes
- 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
Install prebuilt binaries via Homebrew
brew install AlexanderWangY/tap/vx
Download vx 0.4.0
