kite vm¶

Manage virtual machines. VMs provide full compute instances with console access and persistent storage.

create¶

Create a new virtual machine.

kite vm create <name> [flags]

Flag	Description	Default
`--os`	Operating system	`ubuntu-24.04`
`--username`	VM username	`admin`
`--password`	VM password	(required)
`--ssh-key`	Path to SSH public key
`--cpu`	CPU cores	`2`
`--memory`	Memory in GB	`4`
`--disk`	Disk size in GB	`50`
`--disk-type`	Disk type: `nvme`, `ssd`	`nvme`
`--internet`	Enable internet access	`true`
`--cloud-init`	Cloud-init script

# Basic VM
kite vm create build-server --password mypass123

# Custom specs
kite vm create gpu-worker --cpu 4 --memory 8 --disk 100

# With SSH key
kite vm create dev-box --ssh-key ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub --password mypass

list¶

List virtual machines.

kite vm list [flags]

Flag	Description
`--all`, `-a`	Show all VMs
`--sync`	Sync status with KubeVirt

get¶

Get VM details.

kite vm get <name-or-id> [--sync]

start / stop / restart¶

Manage VM lifecycle.

kite vm start <name-or-id>
kite vm stop <name-or-id> [--force]
kite vm restart <name-or-id>

console¶

Open an interactive console to the VM.

kite vm console <name-or-id>

Port Management¶

expose-port¶

Expose a port from the VM.

kite vm expose-port <vm-id> <port> [--name <port-name>]

unexpose-port¶

Remove an exposed port.

kite vm unexpose-port <vm-id> <port>

list-ports¶

List exposed ports.

kite vm list-ports <vm-id>

delete¶

Delete a VM and its storage.

kite vm delete <name-or-id> [--yes]

Danger

Deleting a VM destroys all data on its disk.

Available Images¶

Image	OS
`ubuntu-24.04`	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
`ubuntu-22.04`	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS