Linux VMs on ARM64
./build.sh
# or
xcodebuild -arch arm64$ tree build/Release
build/Release/
├── vm
├── vm.dSYM
│ └── Contents
│ ├── Info.plist
│ └── Resources
│ ├── DWARF
│ │ └── vm
│ └── Relocations
│ └── aarch64
│ └── vm.yml
└── vm.swiftmodule
├── Project
│ └── arm64-apple-macos.swiftsourceinfo
├── arm64-apple-macos.abi.json
├── arm64-apple-macos.swiftdoc
└── arm64-apple-macos.swiftmodule
9 directories, 8 filesubuntu/setup.shtree ubuntu
ubuntu
├── cidata
│ ├── meta-data
│ └── user-data
├── initrd
├── noble-server-cloudimg-arm64.tar.gz
├── run.sh
├── setup.sh
├── vda.img
├── vdb.img
├── vdc.iso
├── vmlinuz
└── vmlinuz.gz
2 directories, 11 filesubuntu/run.shMount host shared directories:
sudo mkdir /mnt/host
sudo mount -t virtiofs host /mnt/host
# or add to /etc/fstab :
# host /mnt/host virtiofs defaults 0 0In Ubuntu VM:
cd /mnt/host/cwd/alpine
sudo ./build.shCreates /mnt/host/cwd/vm-build
In host:
mv vm-build/* alpine
alpine/setup.shtree alpine
alpine
├── alpine-minirootfs.tar.gz
├── etc
│ ├── fstab
│ ├── group
│ ├── hosts
│ ├── init.d
│ │ ├── rcK
│ │ └── rcS
│ ├── inittab
│ └── passwd
├── image.sh
├── linux.config
├── linux.sh
├── linux.tar.xz
├── linux.version
├── mnt
├── root
│ ├── build.sh
│ ├── setup-podman.sh
│ └── setup-vdb.sh
├── run.sh
├── setup.sh
├── usr
│ └── share
│ └── udhcpc
│ └── default.script
├── vda.img
├── vdb.img
└── vmlinuz
8 directories, 22 filesalpine/run.shIn VM:
apk add dropbear && rebootIn host:
alpine/ssh.shIn VM:
./setup-vdb.sh
./setup-podman.shTest with:
podman run --rm -it alpine./build.shCreates ~/build/vmlinuz, can be copied to host with:
cp build/vmlinuz /mnt/host/cwd/Clean disk images:
./clean.shClean disk images, downloads, and build artifacts
./clean.sh --allApple sample code: Running Linux in a Virtual Machine