INCUS.MOVE(1)

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💫 incus.move(1) — bestie edition

okay so this is a page from the Incus - Command line client manual, and today we're doing incus-move. sit down, hydrate, we're moving instances 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

incus-move — Move instances within or in between servers

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

incus move [:] [:][] [flags]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Description: Move instances within or in between servers. lowkey the whole point of the command, slay.

So here's the tea about transfer modes (--mode):

  • pull — Target server pulls the data from the source server (source must listen on network)
  • push — Source server pushes the data to the target server (target must listen on network)
  • relay — The CLI connects to both source and server and proxies the data (both source and target must listen on network)

The pull transfer mode is the default as it is compatible with all server versions. no cap, it's the safe one, bestie 💅

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

  • --allow-inconsistent[=false] — Ignore copy errors for volatile files
  • -c, --config=[] — Config key/value to apply to the target instance
  • -d, --device=[] — New key/value to apply to a specific device
  • --instance-only[=false] — Move the instance without its snapshots
  • --mode="pull" — Transfer mode. One of pull, push or relay
  • --no-profiles[=false] — Unset all profiles on the target instance
  • -p, --profile=[] — Profile to apply to the target instance
  • --stateless[=false] — Copy a stateful instance stateless
  • -s, --storage="" — Storage pool name
  • --target="" — Cluster member name
  • --target-project="" — Copy to a project different from the source

👑 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 👑

these ones come from the parent command, so they're the family heirlooms ✨

  • --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

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

incus move [<remote>:]<source instance> [<remote>:][<destination instance>] [--instance-only]
    Move an instance between two hosts, renaming it if destination name differs.

incus move <old name> <new name> [--instance-only]
    Rename a local instance.

like, the range?? moving between two hosts and renaming at the same time? main character energy fr fr 💖

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read that one too, iykyk

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

24-Sep-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra

and that's the whole vibe check 💅 this page was Auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Sep 2026, from the Incus - Command line client(1) manual. periodt. 🫶🌸

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