---
name: "incus-migrate"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "incus-extra"
version: "6.0.4-2+deb13u10"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/incus-migrate"
---

# incus-migrate(1)

Incus physical to instance migration tool

## NAME

incus-migrate - Incus physical to instance migration tool

## DESCRIPTION

### Description:

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  Physical to instance migration tool

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  This tool lets you turn any Linux filesystem (including your current one) into an instance on a remote host.

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  It will setup a clean mount tree made of the root filesystem and any additional mount you list, then transfer this through the migration API to create a new instance from it.

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  The same set of options as \`incus launch\` are also supported.

### Usage:

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  incus-migrate \[flags\]

### Flags:

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help

- **--rsync-args**

  Extra arguments to pass to rsync

- **--version**

  Print version number