Incus

incus

Runs as incus|macOS, Linux, Windows|linuxcontainers.org

Command form

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Launch a new instance from an image. Other incus commands, profiles, devices and cloud-init config are outside this form.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui incus

`incus launch`

Launch an instance

Launch an instanceExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Image*

string

Instance name

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Launch a container

imagename

Launch a VM

imagenamevm

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Image

For example images:debian/12.
string · positional 0

Instance name

string · positional 1

Virtual machine

Create a VM instead of a container.
boolean

--vm

Ephemeral

boolean

--ephemeral

Attach console

boolean

--console

Config key=value

For example limits.cpu=1.
string · repeatable

--config

Cluster member

string

--target

Instance type

string

--type

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

docs

incus launch|init <image_server>:<image_name> <instance_name> [flags] incus launch images:debian/12 debian-container incus launch oci-docker:hello-world --ephemeral --console incus launch images:debian/12 debian-vm --vm incus launch images:debian/12 debian-limited --config limits.cpu=1 --config limits.memory=192MiB incus launch images:debian/12 debian-contai…

manual2026-10-27

linuxcontainers.org

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed incus against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.