INCUS.IMPORT(1)

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✨ incus-import — bestie's guide to importing instance backups ✨

okay so real talk, this page lives inside the Incus command line client manual (section 1, the classic "user commands" zone, iykyk 💅). It's tiny, it's mighty, and it does exactly one iconic thing: it brings your backups back to life. Let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

incus-import — import instance backups 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

incus import [:]  [] [flags]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Description:

Import backups of instances including their snapshots. periodt. your instance comes back, and its snapshots come back with it, no crumbs left behind ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -c, --config=[] — config key/value to apply to the new instance 🌈 (yes bestie, you can zhuzh it up on the way in)
  • -d, --device=[] — new key/value to apply to a specific device 🎀
  • -s, --storage="" — storage pool name 🍓 (which pool is this baby moving into?)

👑 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 👑

These are the family traits, inherited from the parent command, and honestly? iconic.

  • --debug[=false] — show all debug messages 🔥
  • --explain[=false] — if the command is valid, explain its parsed arguments instead of running it 🧠 (a "read the group chat before you send" moment fr fr)
  • --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 import backup0.tar.gz
    Create a new instance using backup0.tar.gz as the source.

like. she's simple. she's effective. she ate 💅✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

(the mothership, the main character, the one that started it all 👑)

💖 HISTORY 💖

24-Sep-2026 — auto generated by spf13/cobra, no cap 🦋

and that's the whole page bestie, you're officially an import expert, go forth and restore 🫶

this cutie was auto generated by spf13/cobra and it's dated Sep 2026, living its life inside the Incus - Command line client(1) manual 🌸

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