deprecated.md

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title: Deprecated features
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The following features are deprecated:

• limactl show-ssh command: deprecated in v0.18.0 (Use ssh -F ~/.lima/default/ssh.config lima-default instead)

• Ansible provisioning mode: deprecated in Lima v1.1.0 (Use ansible-playbook playbook.yaml after the start instead)

• limactl --yes flag: deprecated in Lima v2.0.0 (Use limactl (clone|rename|edit|shell) --start instead)

• Environment variable LIMA_SSH_OVER_VSOCK: deprecated in Lima v2.0.2 (Use the YAML property .ssh.overVsock)

Removed features

• YAML property network: deprecated in Lima v0.7.0 and removed in Lima v0.14.0, in favor of networks

• YAML property useHostResolver: deprecated in Lima v0.8.1 and removed in Lima v0.14.0,in favor of hostResolver.enabled

• VDE support, including VNL and vde_vmnet: deprecated in Lima v0.12.0 and removed in Lima v0.22.0, in favor of socket_vmnet

• CentOS 7 guest support: deprecated in Lima v0.9.2 and removed in Lima v0.23.0, in favor of CentOS Stream, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux.

Undeprecated features

• Loading non-strict YAMLs (i.e., YAMLs with unknown properties): once deprecated in Lima v0.12.0, but undeprecated in Lima v1.0.4