Issue deploying vm’s with multipass on mac

Kubernetes
#1

Hello,
In course "Course: Kubernetes for the Absolute Beginners ", Module 60. Demo-Setting up VM on Mac, I am facing issues as the given deploy script is not working properly.

  1. I have installed Multipass (multipass-1.16.2+mac-Darwin.pkg) in Apple M3 Pro version 26.3.1.
  2. Out of total 36GB, I have 26GB free memory available.
  3. I am using the given Shell script to deploy 3 instances. But the script kept working all night and didn’t finished.

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./deploy-virtual-machines.sh

Configuring bridge network...

Configuring bridge to interface 'en0 wifi Wi-Fi'

Launching controlplane

Configuring controlplane /

Troubleshooting Tried:

a. I tried re-installing the software couple of times but, no progress.

b. Also taking suggestion from Gemini, I modified line no. 133 in the deploy-virtual-machines.sh, but it didn’t helped.

==> The “Wi-Fi Bridge” Bottleneck: When you select en0 (Wi-Fi) as a bridge, Multipass tries to give the VM a real IP from your home/office router. If your router or the macOS Wi-Fi stack rejects this, the VM will hang in “Starting” state forever while waiting for a DHCP response.

The Fix: Force the script to use NAT mode instead of BRIDGE. NAT uses a virtual internal switch that doesn’t rely on your physical router’s permission.

  • Open deploy-virtual-machines.sh.
  • Find the line BUILD_MODE=“BRIDGE”.
  • Change it to BUILD_MODE=“NAT”.
#2

Please check the version of multipass you’re using. If you’re using 1.16.2 – that version has some serious bugs, and until they fix them, you should download 1.16.1 from the github site for multipass, which does work.

The multipass people are working on the issue – I expect that 1.16.3 will be usable – but 1.16.2 is not for most Apple Silicon processors.

#3

Can you help me with the download url for multipass version 1.16.1 for Apple M3 macOS 26.3.1?

#4

You look under “Releases” on the github page. Here’s the page for 1.16.1.