INCUS.STORAGE.EDIT(1)

💖 INCUS STORAGE EDIT — bestie edition 💖

okay so you know incus, the command line client? yeah. this page is about one specific lil command inside it: incus-storage-edit, and ngl it's kind of a big deal if you ever wanted to poke at how a storage pool is configured. consider the manual name folded in right here, nice and cozy. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

incus-storage-edit — edit storage pool configurations as YAML 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

incus storage edit [:] [flags]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Description:

Edit storage pool configurations as YAML. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 💅

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✨ OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS ✨

these are the flags you get handed down from the parent command, like family heirlooms but for your terminal 🫶

• --debug[=false] — show all the debug messages
• --explain[=false] — if the command is valid, explain its parsed arguments instead of running it (yes, it just... tells you what you meant. iconic.)
• --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

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✨ EXAMPLE ✨

incus storage edit [<remote>:]<pool> < pool.yaml
    Update a storage pool using the content of pool.yaml.

so you're literally feeding it a YAML file through stdin and it updates the pool from that. chef's kiss 😗👌

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• incus-storage(1) — go read this one too, fr fr

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✨ HISTORY ✨

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

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heads up bestie: the whole page is auto generated by spf13/cobra, so don't come for the formatting, come for the knowledge 💀

tl;dr — incus storage edit eats a YAML file and rewrites your storage pool config with it. slay, stay safe, and read your YAML twice before you pipe it in 😭💖

sign-off time: this lil masterpiece came from the Incus - Command line client(1) manual, dated Sep 2026, and it was auto generated by spf13/cobra. periodt. 💅✨