Modifying the Global Configuration
How to modify the Global Anka Virtualization configuration
> sudo anka config --help
Usage: anka config [OPTIONS] [PARAM]...
Manage the CLI configuration
Options:
-l, --list List parameter(s)
-r, --reset Reset parameter(s) back to default
-s, --sorted / -S, --unsorted Sort the output in alphabetical order
--help Display usage information
Viewing the configuration
View all default configuration settings for Anka installation on the host with anka config --list command:
❯ anka config -l
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| registry_remotes_file_path | /Users/nathanpierce/.anka/remote |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| propagate_name | False |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| default_nvcpu | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| disk_eraser_tool | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/tools/erase_disk_image.sh |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| mitigations | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| options_api_url | https://8ewgf8mtn4.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/prod/key/info |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| fvutil_executable | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/fvutil |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| propagate_license | False |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| default_passwd | admin |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| nvram_path | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/uefi/anka_vars.fd |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| vm_lib_dir | /Users/nathanpierce/Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/vm_lib/ |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| anka_image_maker_executable | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/anka_image |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| mac_prefix_file | /Users/nathanpierce/.anka/mac_prefix.txt |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| process_type | Interactive |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| addons_pkg | com.veertu.anka.guestaddons.pkg |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| log_dir | /Users/nathanpierce/Library/Logs/Anka/ |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| operations_timeout | 300 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ankacp_executable | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/ankacp |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| vnc_password | |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| nice | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| product_root | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| addons_disk_tool | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/tools/addons_create_update_disk.sh |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| time_sync | 1 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ca_bundle | /Users/nathanpierce/.anka/ca-bundle.crt |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| max_vms_allowed | 255 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| portfwd_base | 10000 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| addons_postupdate | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/tools/addons_postupdate.sh |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| bridge_name | |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| mac_random_bytes | 2 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| anka_executable | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/ankahv |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| table_fmt | grid |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| block_nocache | True |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| default_user | anka |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| vm_lock_dir | /Users/nathanpierce/Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/vm_lib/.locks |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| default_ram | 0 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| state_lib_dir | /Users/nathanpierce/Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/state_lib/ |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| mac_counter | /Users/nathanpierce/.anka/mac_counter.txt |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| uhost_executable | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/bin/uhost |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| addons_identifier | com.veertu.anka.addons.core.pkg |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| addons_image | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/guestaddons/anka-addons-mac.iso |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| default_disk | 137438953472 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| allow_nonunique_names | False |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| permanent_mac_prefix | 86,69,69 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| anka_viewer | /Applications/Anka.app |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| img_lib_dir | /Users/nathanpierce/Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/img_lib/ |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| puller_threads | 2 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| bios_path | /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/uefi/anka_code.fd |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| log_file | anka.log |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| adresses_per_byte | 250 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| trim_disk | True |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+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.
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/image_libanka config state_lib_dir /Volumes/ExternalDrive/state_libanka config vm_lib_dir /Volumes/ExternalDrive/vm_lib