incus snapshot create

Create instance snapshot

Synopsis

Description: Create instance snapshots

When --stateful is used, attempt to checkpoint the instance's running state, including process memory state, TCP connections, ...

incus snapshot create [<remote>:]<instance> [<snapshot name>] [flags]

Examples

  incus snapshot create u1 snap0
  	Create a snapshot of "u1" called "snap0".

  incus snapshot create u1 snap0 < config.yaml
  	Create a snapshot of "u1" called "snap0" with the configuration from "config.yaml".

Options

      --no-expiry   Ignore any configured auto-expiry for the instance
      --reuse       If the snapshot name already exists, delete and create a new one
      --stateful    Whether or not to snapshot the instance's running state

Options inherited from parent commands

      --debug          Show all debug messages
      --force-local    Force using the local unix socket
  -h, --help           Print help
      --project        Override the source project
  -q, --quiet          Don't show progress information
      --sub-commands   Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
  -v, --verbose        Show all information messages
      --version        Print version number

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