LXC.IMPORT(1)

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✨ LXD — Command line client(1) ✨

okay so you're in the LXD command line client manpage zone, bestie 💅 this one's about lxc-import and it's genuinely so simple you're gonna slay it.

🌸 NAME

lxc-import — Import instance backups 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS

lxc import [:]  [] [flags]

that's literally it, no cap ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION

Description:

Import backups of instances including their snapshots. 👑

like, you've got a backup living on disk somewhere and you wanna bring it back to life, snapshots and all — that's the whole vibe check right there 🫶

💅 OPTIONS

  • -d, --device=[] — New key/value to apply to a specific device 💫 (yes, you get to poke at one specific device's settings)
  • -s, --storage="" — Storage pool name 🍓 (tell it which pool the magic happens in)

✨ OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS ✨

these are the ones that come from the big boss parent command, iykyk 🌈

  • --debug[=false] — Show all debug messages 💀 (everything. every last crumb of info)
  • --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

  lxc import backup0.tar.gz
      Create a new instance using backup0.tar.gz as the source.

see? one line of command and you've got a whole new instance, main character energy fr fr 💅✨

🦋 SEE ALSO

🎀 HISTORY

22-Aug-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra 🤖

lowkey a warning-ish aside: this whole page was Auto generated by spf13/cobra, so don't come for me if the vibes are auto-generated too 😭

and that's the page bestie!! auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Aug 2026, out of the LXD - Command line client(1) manual — mwah, go import something iconic 💖🎀👑

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