Multipass VM with Juju dev environment

inspiration: https://github.com/Abuelodelanada/charm-dev-utils/tree/main/cloud-init

Requirements

Install Multipass on MAC OS:

brew install multipass

Usage

Run make command to show help:

make

Expected output:

up                   Start VM
down                 Stop VM
ssh                  SSH to VM
destroy              Destroy VM
help                 Show this help

Start virtual machine with Juju by running:

make up

Reconnecting later:

make ssh

Destroy the machine when finished:

make destroy

Mount

Mounting is configured to attach the current directory into VM inside home (e.g. ~/project if your directory is called project).

To be able to mount your project inside the VM on MacOS make sure to allow System settings > Privacy > Full disk access for multipassd.

Integrate

Feel free to integrate into your Juju charm project.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huntdatacenter/multipass-juju/main/juju.yaml
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huntdatacenter/multipass-juju/main/Makefile