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Description: Publish instances as images Synopsis: Description:, Publish instances as images,,,, Options: Options inherited from parent commands: SEE ALSO: incus- Command line client for Incus.

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# `incus publish`

Publish instances as images

## Synopsis

Description:
Publish instances as images

    incus publish [<remote>:]<instance>[/<snapshot>] [<remote>:] [<key>=<value>...] [flags]

## Options

          --alias         New alias to define at target
          --compression   Compression algorithm to use (`none` for uncompressed)
          --expire        Image expiration date (format: rfc3339)
      -f, --force         Stop the instance if currently running
          --format        Image format (default "unified")
          --public        Make the image public
          --reuse         If the image alias already exists, delete and create a new one

## 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

## SEE ALSO

- incus - Command line client for Incus