Modifying the Global Configuration
How to modify the Global Anka Virtualization configuration
> anka config --help
usage: config [options] [param...]
Manage the CLI configuration
arguments:
param Parameter name
options:
-l,--list List parameter(s)
-r,--reset Reset parameter(s) back to default
Viewing the configuration
View all default configuration settings for Anka installation on the host with anka config command:
❯ anka config
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| addons_disk_tool | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/guestaddons/create_update_disk.sh |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| addons_identifier | ANKA_ADDONS_IDENTIFIER |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| addons_image | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/guestaddons/anka-addons-mac |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| addons_pkg | com.veertu.anka.guestaddons.pkg |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| addons_postupdate | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/guestaddons/postupdate.sh |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| allow_nonunique_names | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| anka_executable | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/ankahv-arm64.app/Contents/MacOS/ankahv-arm64 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| anka_image_maker_executable | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/anka_image |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| anka_viewer | /Applications/Anka.app |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ankactl_executable | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/ankactl |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ankanet_sock | /var/run/ankanetd |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ankasc_executable | |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| bios_path | |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| block_nocache | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| bridge_name | |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ca_bundle | /Users/nathanpierce/.anka/ca-bundle.crt |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| catalog_url | https://mesu.apple.com/assets/macos/com_apple_macOSIPSW/com_apple_macOSIPSW.xml |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| chunk_size | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| click_executable | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/click |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| create_suspend | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| default_disk | 137438953472 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| default_format | 1 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| default_nvcpu | 4 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| default_passwd | admin |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| default_ram | 4294967296 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| default_user | anka |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| delete_logs | 1 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| end_address | |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| exit_delay | 10 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| fvutil_executable | |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| img_lib_dir | /Users/nathanpierce/Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/img_lib |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| img_path | |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| implicit_mount | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| install_tool | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/ankahv-arm64.app/Contents/MacOS/ankahv-arm64 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| io_threads | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| log_dir | /Users/nathanpierce/Library/Logs/Anka/ |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| log_file | anka.log |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| max_vms_allowed | 255 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| network_failure_action | 1 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| nice | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| operations_timeout | 300 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| options_api_url | https://licensing.veertu.com/prod/key/info |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| portfwd_base | 10000 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| process_type | Interactive |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| product_root | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| propagate_license | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| propagate_name | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| pull_checkout | 1 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| pull_failback | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| pull_resume | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| puller_threads | 4 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| qncpu | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| quantum | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| qvcpu | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| registry_remotes_file_path | /Users/nathanpierce/.anka/remote |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| shared_nat | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| start_address | |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| state_lib_dir | /Users/nathanpierce/Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/img_lib |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| subnet_mask | |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| swap_dir | |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| table_fmt | grid |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| tag_lib_dir | |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| tessdata_dir | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/tessdata |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| tesslang | eng |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| time_sync | 1 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| trim_disk | 1 |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| uhost_executable | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/uhost |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| vlaunch_sock | /var/run/vlaunchd |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| vm_lib_dir | /Users/nathanpierce/Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/vm_lib |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| vm_lock_dir | /Users/nathanpierce/Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/vm_lib/.locks |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
❯ anka config puller_threads
4
❯ anka config puller_threads 10
❯ anka config puller_threads
10
You can see a value for a specific configuration parameter with
anka config $PARAM_NAME.
- The default VM username is
anka - The default VM password is
admin - The default storage locations for Anka VM Templates & Tags are:
- vm_lib_dir -
/Users/XXX/Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/vm_lib/ - state_lib_dir -
/Users/XXX/Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/state_lib/ - img_lib_dir -
/Users/XXX/Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/img_lib/
- vm_lib_dir -
- The log directory is
/Users/XXX/Library/Logs/Anka/and log file isanka.log.
Changing the default Anka VM storage location
Depending on how many Anka VMs you have, the disk usage might be too much for the default storage location. There are three configuration parameters to control location for storing Anka VMs.
Anka 3.x and greater requires a APFS volume.
It’s recommended to keep the vm_lib_dir on the local disk as it contains file locks.
Assuming you want to store your Templates on /Volumes/ExternalDrive/, perform these steps:
anka config img_lib_dir /Volumes/ExternalDrive/img_libanka config state_lib_dir /Volumes/ExternalDrive/state_libanka config vm_lib_dir /Volumes/ExternalDrive/vm_lib- Go under System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Full Disk Access and add
/Library/Application\ Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/ankahvas well as/Library/Application\ Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/anka_agent. Make sure the slider button is enabled too!