Setup

Install multipass
The tool is available for Mac, Windows and Linux at multipass site

Multipass default dir in order to change multipass data dir run the following from powershell admin

Stop-Service Multipass
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" -Name MULTIPASS_STORAGE -Value "d:\multipass"
Start-Service Multipass

See this link for more information

Create cloud-config.yaml file:
this file will be executed during the first boot of the instance
``` #cloud-config runcmd:
sudo snap install microk8s –classic
sudo microk8s enable helm3
sudo microk8s helm3 repo add stable https://kubernetes-charts.storage.googleapis.com
sudo microk8s enable dns
sudo microk8s helm3 install my-jenkins –set persistence.enabled=false,master.serviceType=NodePort,master.adminPassword=”admin”,master.nodePort=31000 stable/jenkins ```

Spin up the vm
open cmd window and run the following command

multipass.exe launch 20.04 -n ubuntu2004 --cloud-init cloud-config.yaml -v

Accessing the VM

Get the IP of the VM , in order to get the IP of Jenkins UI
```
multipass.exe info ubuntu2004
```
Login to the instance
```
multipass.exe shell ubuntu2004
```

Check the pod

sudo microk8s kubectl get pods --all-namespaces

Login to the Jenkins UI
- open chrome and type [ip address from multipass.exe info output]:31000
- use admin/admin as credantials
  Troubleshooting
  
  Run the following command
```
tail -f /var/log/cloud-init-output.log
```

Setup

Accessing the VM

Troubleshooting