INCUS.DEBUG.DUMP-MEMORY(1)

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✨ NAME ✨

incus-debug-dump-memory — bestie, this one exports a virtual machine's memory state 💖

It lives in the Incus command line client manual, section 1, and it's literally the tool you want when a VM is acting up and you need to peek at its whole brain. 🧠✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

incus debug dump-memory [:]  [flags]

That's the vibe. Give it a target, sprinkle on some flags, and it goes to work. 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so, here's the tea ☕ — Description:

This command exports the current memory state of a running virtual machine into a dump file.

It's giving "freeze frame but for RAM." 📸

This can be useful for debugging or analysis purposes, which, yeah, is exactly what you'd expect and honestly iconic of it.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -f, --format="elf" — the format of the memory dump. The default is "elf", and the options include things like elf, win-dmp, kdump-zlib, kdump-raw-zlib, ... — pick your fighter. 💅

🦋 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🦋

these are the ones it got from its parent command, no cap. it's giving family inheritance but make it CLI 🌈

  • --debug[=false] — show all the debug messages. every last crumb. 👀
  • --explain[=false] — if the command is valid, explain its parsed arguments instead of running it. it's the "explain your reasoning" of flags fr fr.
  • --force-local[=false] — force using the local unix socket. local only, bestie. 🏠
  • -h, --help[=false] — print help. your bestie when you're lost. 🙈
  • --project="" — override the source project. default is "".
  • -q, --quiet[=false] — don't show progress information. silent mode, mysterious era. 🤫
  • --sub-commands[=false] — use with help or --help to view sub-commands. the little peek-behind-the-curtain move. 🎭
  • -v, --verbose[=false] — show all information messages. the opposite of quiet, and honestly? valid. 🗣️
  • --version[=false] — print version number. who dis? 📌

⭐ EXAMPLE ⭐

incus debug dump-memory vm1 memory-dump.elf --format=elf

Creates an ELF format memory dump of the vm1 instance. 🧚

like… that's it. that's the whole flex. one line and you've got a whole VM's memory sitting in memory-dump.elf. ate. 🔥

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

  • incus-debug(1)

go read that one too, iykyk. 👑

🍓 HISTORY 🍓

24-Sep-2026 — auto generated by spf13/cobra. not a human hand-writing this, it's the machine doing its little thing. 🤖✨

⚠️ heads up bestie: this dumps a running VM's memory state, so make sure the instance is actually up and running, and that --format says what you actually want — the format value changes what kind of dump file you get. no guessing, just facts. 💖

and that's the whole page, babe 🫶 this was written for the Incus - Command line client manual, Sep 2026, and — clocking in at the very bottom like a lil signature — it's auto generated by spf13/cobra. bye, ily, go dump some memory 💅🌸🦋

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