NAME
incus-launch - Create and start instances from images
SYNOPSIS
incus launch [:] [:][] [flags]
DESCRIPTION
Description:
Create and start instances from images
OPTIONS
-c, --config=[]
Config key/value to apply to the new instance``
--console[=""]
Immediately attach to the console``
--description=""
Instance description``
-d, --device=[]
New key/value to apply to a specific device``
--empty[=false]
Create an empty instance
--environment-file=""
Include environment variables from file``
-e, --ephemeral[=false]
Ephemeral instance
-n, --network=""
Network name``
--no-profiles[=false]
Create the instance with no profiles applied
-p, --profile=[]
Profile to apply to the new instance``
-s, --storage=""
Storage pool name``
--target=""
Cluster member name``
-t, --type=""
Instance type``
--vm[=false]
Create a virtual machine
OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
--debug[=false]
Show all debug messages
--force-local[=false]
Force using the local unix socket
-h, --help[=false]
Print help
--project=""
Override the source project``
-q, --quiet[=false]
Don't show progress information
--sub-commands[=false]
Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
-v, --verbose[=false]
Show all information messages
--version[=false]
Print version number
EXAMPLE
incus launch images:ubuntu/22.04 u1
incus launch images:ubuntu/22.04 u1 < config.yaml
Create and start a container with configuration from config.yaml
incus launch images:ubuntu/22.04 u2 -t aws:t2.micro
Create and start a container using the same size as an AWS t2.micro (1 vCPU, 1GiB of RAM)
incus launch images:ubuntu/22.04 v1 --vm -c limits.cpu=4 -c limits.memory=4GiB
Create and start a virtual machine with 4 vCPUs and 4GiB of RAM
incus launch images:debian/12 v2 --vm -d root,size=50GiB -d root,io.bus=nvme
Create and start a virtual machine, overriding the disk size and bus
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
2-Sep-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra