socket-vmnet error while launching VM

[Ranjandas]

I have someone run into an issue while launching Lima VM using socket-vmnet. It had worked before but stopped working all of a sudden.

$ limactl start template://alpine --network=lima:shared
? Creating an instance "alpine" Proceed with the current configuration
INFO[0001] Starting socket_vmnet daemon for "shared" network
INFO[0001] Starting the instance "alpine" with VM driver "qemu"
INFO[0001] QEMU binary "/opt/homebrew/bin/qemu-system-aarch64" seems properly signed with the "com.apple.security.hypervisor" entitlement
INFO[0001] Attempting to download the image              arch=aarch64 digest="sha512:bf195270ca0e101353ba346f4d651c0518bdea6f2b3845dd43a5c29cb5e1046274579b918bed2f5fb38ce7e9b2eccabe7fcf8040c29c22a3aa3f7a92ef831df7" location="https://github.com/lima-vm/alpine-lima/releases/download/v0.2.38/alpine-lima-std-3.19.0-aarch64.iso"
INFO[0001] Using cache "/Users/sam/Library/Caches/lima/download/by-url-sha256/ce422c21a56f62daffc948b286716e1070806ff4cf2b95c4adce52d6dc8947be/data"
INFO[0001] [hostagent] hostagent socket created at /Users/sam/.lima/alpine/ha.sock
INFO[0001] [hostagent] Using system firmware ("/opt/homebrew/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd")
FATA[0002] exiting, status={Running:false Degraded:false Exiting:true Errors:[] SSHLocalPort:0} (hint: see "/Users/sam/.lima/alpine/ha.stderr.log")

Hostagent Log

$ cat /Users/sam/.lima/alpine/ha.stderr.log
{"level":"debug","msg":"Creating iso file /Users/sam/.lima/alpine/cidata.iso","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"Using /var/folders/fn/l169vzss2ls75rms_zhxx15w0000gn/T/diskfs_iso2710329080 as workspace","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"Failed to detect CPU features. Assuming that AES acceleration is available on this Apple silicon.","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"OpenSSH version 9.6.1 detected","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"AES accelerator seems available, prioritizing [email protected] and [email protected]","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}
{"level":"info","msg":"hostagent socket created at /Users/sam/.lima/alpine/ha.sock","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"Start udp DNS listening on: 127.0.0.1:58927","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"Start tcp DNS listening on: 127.0.0.1:51473","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"QEMU version 9.0.1 detected","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"firmware candidates = [/Users/sam/.local/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd /opt/homebrew/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd /usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd /usr/share/qemu-efi-aarch64/QEMU_EFI.fd]","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}
{"level":"info","msg":"Using system firmware (\"/opt/homebrew/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd\")","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"Using socketVMNet (\"/opt/homebrew/Cellar/socket_vmnet/1.1.4/bin/socket_vmnet\")","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}
{"level":"fatal","msg":"template: :1:21: executing \"\" at \u003cfd_connect \"/private/var/run/lima/socket_vmnet.shared\"\u003e: error calling fd_connect: fd_connect: dial unix /private/var/run/lima/socket_vmnet.shared: connect: connection refused","time":"2024-06-28T11:54:25+05:30"}

find ~/.lima/_networks
/Users/sam/.lima/_networks
/Users/sam/.lima/_networks/shared_socket_vmnet.stdout.log
/Users/sam/.lima/_networks/shared_socket_vmnet.stderr.log

_networks $ cat *
start(): vmnet_return_t VMNET_FAILURE
start: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Initializing vmnet.framework (mode 1001)

Tried running socket_vmnet manually and it throws the following error:

sudo env DEBUG=true /opt/homebrew/Cellar/socket_vmnet/1.1.4/bin/socket_vmnet --pidfile=/private/var/run/lima/shared_socket_vmnet.pid --socket-group=everyone --vmnet-mode=shared --vmnet-gateway=192.168.105.1 --vmnet-dhcp-end=192.168.105.254 --vmnet-mask=255.255.255.0 /private/var/run/lima/socket_vmnet.shared
DEBUG| Opening socket "/private/var/run/lima/socket_vmnet.shared" (for UNIX group "everyone")
Initializing vmnet.framework (mode 1001)
start(): vmnet_return_t VMNET_FAILURE
start: No such file or directory
DEBUG| shutting down with rc=1

[Ranjandas]

Not sure what exactly the issue was. But stopping and disabling multipass got it working again. This thread can be closed.