Is it possible for a created lima vm to "migrate" the data to a new created lima vm? The reason I'm asking is, I want to change the

ubuntu cloud image

that is been used. Only changing the

lima.yaml

doesn't seem have effect.

You cannot do this, except with the Alpine config. Everything is written to the same

diffdisk

, which records just the changes relative to the

basedisk

, which is the cloud image. So switching the base image would require creating a new

diffdisk

, so all your changes would be lost.

Ok, good to known 👍

It is different for Alpine because it uses an ISO image to boot and run out of RAM. Some directories, like

/home

and

/usr/local

are mounted to an extra disk, which you could re-use if you just replace the boot ISO. It still a bit more complex than I describe here, but I assume you don't care about the Alpine case anyways

Not atm. Currently using he docker template :)