incus - Man Page

• List all containers and virtual machines (both running and stopped): incus list
• Create a container from an image, with a custom name: incus create image container_name
• Start or stop an existing container: incus start|stop container_name
• Open a shell inside an already running container: incus shell container_name
• Remove a stopped container: incus delete container_name
• Pull an image from an image repository (remote) to local: incus copy remote:image local:custom_image_name
• List all available images in the official images: remote: incus image list images:
• List all images already downloaded to the local: remote: incus image list local:

tldr.sh

incus [flags]

Description:
 Command line client for Incus

All of Incus's features can be driven through the various commands below.
 For help with any of those, simply call them with --help.

Custom commands can be defined through aliases, use "incus alias" to control those.

--all[=false] Show less common commands

--debug[=false] Show all debug messages

--explain[=false] If the command is valid, explain its parsed arguments instead of running it

--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

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9-Apr-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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