Devices

Devices are attached to an instance (see Configure devices) or to a profile (see Edit a profile).

They include, for example, network interfaces, mount points, USB and GPU devices. These devices can have instance device options, depending on the type of the instance device.

Device names must start and end with a letter or digit and may only contain letters, digits, dots, dashes and underscores. A device name also can’t extend another device’s name with one of its volatile key namespaces, such as eth0.last_state next to eth0.

Incus supports the following device types:

ID (database)	Name	Condition	Description
0	none	-	Inheritance blocker
1	nic	-	Network interface
2	disk	-	Mount point inside the instance
3	unix-char	container	Unix character device
4	unix-block	container	Unix block device
5	usb	-	USB device
6	gpu	-	GPU device
7	infiniband	container	InfiniBand device
8	proxy	container	Proxy device
9	unix-hotplug	container	Unix hotplug device
10	tpm	-	TPM device
11	pci	VM	PCI device

Each instance comes with a set of Standard devices.