LXC.MOVE(1)

💅 LXD — Command line client(1) 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

lxc-move — move instances within or in between LXD servers 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

lxc move [:][/] [:][[/]] [flags]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So like, what does it do? Literally this:

Move instances within or in between LXD servers

That's the whole vibe. Moving your instances around — inside one server or hopping between two of them 🌈

🌸 Transfer modes (--mode) 🌸

There are three of these and you gotta know them, iykyk:

• pull — the target server pulls the data from the source server. heads up: the source must listen on network 👀
• push — the source server pushes the data to the target server. this time the 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, so like, everybody's listening 💀

and the pull transfer mode is the default, because it's compatible with all LXD versions. iconic behavior honestly, looking out for the old versions 🎀

✨ 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, so the snapshots stay behind 😭
• --mode="pull" — transfer mode. one of pull, push or relay. it's giving choices 💅
• --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 as 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 ✨

like, these came from the parent command, not from move itself. still valid, still slay 💜

• --debug[=false] — show all debug messages 🔥
• --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 ✨

okay here are the actual examples, verbatim, no cap:

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

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

lxc move <instance>/<old snapshot name> <instance>/<new snapshot name>
    Rename a snapshot.

so like — moving between hosts (and renaming if the destination name is different), renaming a local instance, and renaming a snapshot. all three, ate 💅

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

lxc(1) — go read the main character's page 🫶

✨ HISTORY ✨

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

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