`multipass networks` command
See also: Driver (backend), How to set up the driver
The multipass networks command lists network interfaces that multipass can connect instances to. The result depends both on the platform and the driver in use.
At this time, multipass networks can only find interfaces in the following scenarios:
- on Linux, with LXD (and QEMU starting from Multipass version 1.15)
- on Windows, with both Hyper-V and VirtualBox
- on macOS, with the QEMU and VirtualBox drivers
For example, on Windows with Hyper-V the multipass networks command returns:
Name Type Description
Default Switch switch Virtual Switch with internal networking
ExternalSwitch switch Virtual Switch with external networking via "Red Hat VirtIO Ethernet Adapter"
InternalSwitch switch Virtual Switch with internal networking
PrivSwitch switch Private virtual switch
Like list, networks supports the --format option.
Another example, running the command multipass networks --format yaml on macOS with VirtualBox returns:
bridge0:
- type: bridge
description: Network bridge with en1, en2
bridge2:
- type: bridge
description: Empty network bridge
en0:
- type: wifi
description: Wi-Fi (Wireless)
en1:
- type: thunderbolt
description: Thunderbolt 1
en2:
- type: thunderbolt
description: Thunderbolt 2
See launch and How to create an instance - Create an instance with multiple network interfaces for instructions on how to use these.
The multipass help networks command explains the available options:
Usage: multipass networks [options]
List host network devices (physical interfaces, virtual switches, bridges)
available to integrate with using the `--network` switch to the `launch`
command.
Options:
-h, --help Displays help on commandline options
-v, --verbose Increase logging verbosity. Repeat the 'v' in the short
option for more detail. Maximum verbosity is obtained with
4 (or more) v's, i.e. -vvvv.
--format <format> Output list in the requested format.
Valid formats are: table (default), json, csv and yaml
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