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> [<new 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

      --expiry string   Expiry date or time span for the new snapshot
      --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
      --explain        If the command is valid, explain its parsed arguments instead of running it
      --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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