Problem scenario
You want to install Firecracker on Ubuntu. What do you do?
Solution
Run these commands:
release_url="https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases"
latest=$(basename $(curl -fsSLI -o /dev/null -w %{url_effective} ${release_url}/latest))
arch=`uname -m`
curl -L ${release_url}/download/${latest}/firecracker-${latest}-${arch}.tgz | tar -xz
sudo mv release-${latest}-$(uname -m)/firecracker-${latest}-$(uname -m) /usr/local/bin/firecracker
sudo setfacl -m u:${USER}:rw /dev/kvm
firecracker --version