Homestead: Apple Silicon Support

[mike85]

Is it possible to use Homestead with Apple Silicon already?

[svpernova09]

Not until Vagrant, and your provider of preference support the new chip & OS.

[mike85]

Not until Vagrant, and your provider of preference support the new chip & OS.

If the providers will only support to virtualize ARM Linux images instead of x86, will settler also provide an ARM alternative to bento/ubuntu x86?

[svpernova09]

Not until Vagrant, and your provider of preference support the new chip & OS.

If the providers will only support to virtualize ARM Linux images instead of x86, will settler also provide an ARM alternative to bento/ubuntu x86?

I don't know if Homestead will support ARM. The idea kinda terrifies me because I'm already managing 2 major LTS versions across 4 providers. Adding support for Apple Silicon (Assuming Vagrant & Providers get their stuff sorted out) would be a major task in Homestead.

I don't think I would build ARM support into Homestead as an open-source project. I believe the effort involved would be substantial and would require compensation. I don't even have a machine to test this on.

[mike85]

Not until Vagrant, and your provider of preference support the new chip & OS.

If the providers will only support to virtualize ARM Linux images instead of x86, will settler also provide an ARM alternative to bento/ubuntu x86?

I don't know if Homestead will support ARM. The idea kinda terrifies me because I'm already managing 2 major LTS versions across 4 providers. Adding support for Apple Silicon (Assuming Vagrant & Providers get their stuff sorted out) would be a major task in Homestead.

I don't think I would build ARM support into Homestead as an open-source project. I believe the effort involved would be substantial and would require compensation. I don't even have a machine to test this on.

Thanks for the comment! Hopefully it will be possible to run x86 images on VMWare/Parallels/… one day.

[svpernova09]

https://twitter.com/JoePFerguson/status/1331601928309051400

[svpernova09]

https://joeferguson.me/homestead-on-apple-silicon/

[asterism612]

"homestead" because your Mac is equipped with the Apple M1 chip that does not support Intel-based operating systems. To create a compatible virtual machine, use an ISO or VHDX image file with an ARM-based operating system.

[svpernova09]

"homestead" because your Mac is equipped with the Apple M1 chip that does not support Intel-based operating systems. To create a compatible virtual machine, use an ISO or VHDX image file with an ARM-based operating system.

https://joeferguson.me/homestead-on-apple-silicon/