INCUS.LAUNCH(1)

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version 7.0.1 · 11 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 INCUS-LAUNCH 💖

okay bestie, welcome to Incus - Command line client (that's the manual name, page 1, she's iconic). this lil page is all about incus-launch, and it's genuinely one of the most fun commands in the whole toolbox. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

incus-launch — create and start instances from images. that's it, that's the vibe. you point at an image, she makes you an instance, done. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

incus launch (--empty|[:]) [:][] [flags]

periodt. that's the shape of it: you can go --empty, or give it a remote image thing like [:], then the instance name [:], then whatever [flags] your heart desires. 🦋

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Description:

  • create and start instances from images 🌈

like... she creates it AND starts it. no extra steps, no "oh now you have to run incus start", none of that. main character behaviour fr fr. ✨

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • -c, --config=[] — config key/value to slap onto your brand new instance 🍓
  • --console[=""] — immediately attach to the console, no chill, straight in
  • --description="" — give your instance a lil description (she deserves one)
  • -d, --device=[] — a new key/value to apply to a specific device 🔧
  • --empty[=false] — create an empty instance (no image, just vibes)
  • --environment-file="" — pull environment variables in from a file 🌱
  • -e, --ephemeral[=false] — ephemeral instance (here for a good time, not a long time)
  • -n, --network="" — network name 🕸️
  • --no-profiles[=false] — create the instance with no profiles applied (bare, unbothered, moisturized)
  • -p, --profile=[] — profile to apply to the new instance
  • -s, --storage="" — storage pool name 💾
  • --target="" — cluster member name (for the multi-machine girlies)
  • -t, --type="" — instance type
  • --vm[=false] — create a virtual machine instead of a container 🖥️✨

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

  • --debug[=false] — show all debug messages 🐛
  • --explain[=false] — if the command is valid, explain its parsed arguments instead of running it (she's a professor, not a runner)
  • --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 🌟

these are literally the receipts. copy them exactly bestie, no cap. 💖
  incus launch images:debian/12 c1
      Create and start a container named "c1"

  incus launch images:debian/12 c2 < config.yaml
      Create and start a container named "c2" with configuration from config.yaml

  incus launch images:debian/12 c3 -t aws:t2.micro
      Create and start a container named "c3" using the same size as an AWS t2.micro (1 vCPU, 1GiB of RAM)

  incus launch images:debian/12 v1 --vm -c limits.cpu=4 -c limits.memory=4GiB
      Create and start a virtual machine named "v1" with 4 vCPUs and 4GiB of RAM

  incus launch images:debian/12 v2 --vm -d root,size=50GiB -d root,io.bus=nvme
      Create and start a virtual machine named "v2", overriding the disk size and bus

the < config.yaml one?? she's reading stdin like it's a group chat. obsessed. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • incus(1) — go say hi to the parent, she raised this one 💜

📜 HISTORY 📜

24-Sep-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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