Renaming an instance

[Inc0n]

Would it be possible to rename some instances, e.g. archlinux to arch.

Edit: so instead of renaming an instance, one could use export LIMA_INSTANCE=<instance name> in their shell rc files to allow quicker access to instances other than default, which requires more a bit more effort to access via limactl shell <instance name>. As suggested by @jandubois in his helpful answer :)

[jandubois]

It is possible, but it seems like archlinux is the canonical name (e.g. the website is http://archlinux.org).

You can always create a symlink yourself:

$ ln -s archlinux.yaml /usr/local/share/doc/lima/examples/arch.yaml
$ limactl start template://arch
[...]

[Inc0n]

Thank you for the solution.

it seems like archlinux is the canonical name (e.g. the website is http://archlinux.org).

I see I see, this need arises from saving a few key strokes, i.e. from archlinux (9) to just arch (4 characters).

A minor convienient for a personal preference.

Using default template was fine, until I switched to archlinux recently. And now running just lima wouldn't work now to get the shell.

I wonder, if lima the script could be modified such that it allows for passing desired instance to be shelling to, e.g. lima archlinux, or just simply lima.

Then again, this is all for but a personal preference.

[jandubois]

I wonder, if lima the script could be modified such that it allows for passing desired instance to be shelling to, e.g. lima archlinux, or just simply lima.

Did you take a look at the script? 😄

This should do what you want:

$ export LIMA_INSTANCE=archlinux
$ lima

Put the export into your .bash_profile or .zshrc and you should be good to go...

[Inc0n]

Ahh yes, sorry, I did, it didn't came across to me that export it would make it the solution I was looking for.

Thank you!