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sidebar: devs
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# Testing LibreTime with Canonical's Multipass
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Ever wanted to test out LibreTime but didn't want to tango with
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Virturalbox, Vagrent, or Docker? Canonical released [Multipass](https://multipass.run), a tool for setting up Ubuntu VMs with cloud-init files in a snap.
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Multipass is available for Windows and macOS, as well as Linux OSes that support snaps.
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Similar to Docker, Multipass works through a CLI. To use, clone this repo and then open a Terminal
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(or Command Prompt) inside the `libretime` folder and run
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```
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multipass launch bionic -n ltTEST --cloud-init libretimeTest.yaml # to launch VM
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multipass shell ltTEST # to enter VM's shell
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```
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Due to a known bug, Multipass is not able to perform the entire install using the cloud-init file.
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Run the LibreTime installer and follow the welcome wizard in your web browser.
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```
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sudo ./libretime/install -fiap
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```
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The IP address of your new VM can be found by running `multipass list`.
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Copy and paste it into your web browser to access the LibreTime interface.
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You can stop the VM with `multipass stop ltTEST` and restart with `multipass start ltTEST`.
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If you want to delete the image and start again, run `multipass delete ltTEST && multipass purge`.
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### Cloud-init options in libretimeTest.yaml
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You may wish to change the below fields as per your location.
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```
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timezone: America/New York # change as needed
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ntp:
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pools: ['north-america.pool.ntp.org']
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servers: ['0.north-america.pool.ntp.org', '0.pool.ntp.org']
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```
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If you are running your forked repo of LibreTime for testing purposes,
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modify the URL on this line:
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```
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runcmd:
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- cd / && git clone https://github.com/LibreTime/libretime.git
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```
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