INCUS.IMAGE.IMPORT(1)

πŸ’– incus-image-import(1) πŸ’–

okay bestie, welcome to the Incus command line client manual, page one of one, and it's a good one. this is incus-image-import, the glow-up moment where a humble image file becomes a whole legend in your image store ✨


✨ NAME ✨

incus-image-import β€” Import images into the image store πŸŽ€


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

incus image import (||) [] [:] [=...] [flags]

yeah girl, that's the synopsis exactly as the tool spits it out. no notes, no edits, that's the vibe πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

Description:

Import image into the image store. that's the whole job. you hand it an image, it goes in the store, everybody claps πŸ‘‘

one thing though, and this is important so listen up:

Directory import is only available on Linux and must be performed as root. no root, no directory import, that's just the rules bestie πŸ™ˆ

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • --alias=[] β€” ``New aliases to add to the image. yes aliases, plural energy β€” go ahead and give your image a cute lil name or several 🌈
  • --public[=false] β€” ``Make image public. default is false, so it stays yours until you say otherwise (very demure, very private) πŸ’œ
  • --reuse[=false] β€” ``If the image alias already exists, delete and create a new one. default is false. the "out with the old, in with the new" button πŸ”₯

πŸ‘‘ OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS πŸ‘‘

these came from the parent command, they're the family heirlooms, we keep them all:

  • --debug[=false] β€” Show all debug messages. all of them. every last crumb of info πŸ“
  • --explain[=false] β€” If the command is valid, explain its parsed arguments instead of running it. it literally just. tells you what it would do. no cap, main character behavior πŸ’€
  • --force-local[=false] β€” Force using the local unix socket. stay home, don't travel ✨
  • -h, --help[=false] β€” Print help. the classic 🫢
  • --project="" β€” Override the source project``
  • -q, --quiet[=false] β€” Don't show progress information. silence, but make it chic 🀫
  • --sub-commands[=false] β€” Use with help or --help to view sub-commands. the lore expands 🌸
  • -v, --verbose[=false] β€” Show all information messages. tell me everything bestie 😭
  • --version[=false] β€” Print version number. identity check πŸŽ€

πŸ’œ SEE ALSO πŸ’œ

  • incus-image(1) β€” go read the mothership page, it's giving lore 🧚

🌈 HISTORY 🌈

24-Sep-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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