`incus list`¶

List instances

Synopsis¶

Description:

List instances

Default column layout: ns46tS
Fast column layout: nsacPt

A single keyword like “web” which will list any instance with a name starting by “web”.
A regular expression on the instance name. (e.g. .*web.*01$).
A key/value pair referring to a configuration item. For those, the
namespace can be abbreviated to the smallest unambiguous identifier.
A key/value pair where the key is a shorthand. Multiple values must be delimited by ‘,’. Available shorthands:
- type={instance type}
- status={instance current lifecycle status}
- architecture={instance architecture}
- location={location name}
- ipv4={ip or CIDR}
- ipv6={ip or CIDR}

Examples:
- “user.blah=abc” will list all instances with the “blah” user property set to “abc”.
- “u.blah=abc” will do the same
- “security.privileged=true” will list all privileged instances
- “s.privileged=true” will do the same
- “type=container” will list all container instances
- “type=container status=running” will list all running container instances

A regular expression matching a configuration item or its value. (e.g. volatile.eth0.hwaddr=10:66:6a:.*).

When multiple filters are passed, they are added one on top of the other,
selecting instances which satisfy them all.

== Columns ==
The -c option takes a comma separated list of arguments that control
which instance attributes to output when displaying in table or csv
format.

Column arguments are either pre-defined shorthand chars (see below),
or (extended) config keys.

Commas between consecutive shorthand chars are optional.

Pre-defined column shorthand chars:
4 - IPv4 address
6 - IPv6 address
a - Architecture
b - Storage pool
c - Creation date
d - Description
D - disk usage
e - Project name
l - Last used date
m - Memory usage
M - Memory usage (%)
n - Name
N - Number of Processes
p - PID of the instance’s init process
P - Profiles
s - State
S - Number of snapshots
t - Type (persistent or ephemeral)
u - CPU usage (in seconds)
U - Started date
L - Location of the instance (e.g. its cluster member)
f - Base Image Fingerprint (short)
F - Base Image Fingerprint (long)

Custom columns are defined with “[config:|devices:]key[:name][:maxWidth]”:
KEY: The (extended) config or devices key to display. If [config:|devices:] is omitted then it defaults to config key.
NAME: Name to display in the column header.
Defaults to the key if not specified or empty.

MAXWIDTH: Max width of the column (longer results are truncated).
Defaults to -1 (unlimited). Use 0 to limit to the column header size.

incus list [<remote>:] [<filter>...] [flags]

Examples¶

  incus list -c nFs46,volatile.eth0.hwaddr:MAC,config:image.os,devices:eth0.parent:ETHP
    Show instances using the "NAME", "BASE IMAGE", "STATE", "IPV4", "IPV6" and "MAC" columns.
    "BASE IMAGE", "MAC" and "IMAGE OS" are custom columns generated from instance configuration keys.
    "ETHP" is a custom column generated from a device key.

  incus list -c ns,user.comment:comment
    List instances with their running state and user comment.

Options¶

      --all-projects   Display instances from all projects
  -c, --columns        Columns (default "ns46tSL")
      --fast           Fast mode (same as --columns=nsacPt)
  -f, --format         Format (csv|json|table|yaml|compact), use suffix ",noheader" to disable headers and ",header" to enable it if missing, e.g. csv,header (default "table")

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

SEE ALSO¶

incus - Command line client for Incus