incus.create(1)

incus.create1

Create instances from images

Usage

incus create [:] [:] [] [flags]

Overview

Description:
Create instances from images

Options

-c, --config=[]
Config key/value to apply to the new instance``

--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

Examples

  incus create images:ubuntu/22.04 u1
  incus create images:ubuntu/22.04 u1 < config.yaml
      Create the instance with configuration from config.yaml
  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

History

2-Sep-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

From incus-client 6.0.4-2+deb13u10 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.