Incus File Transfers

All commands in this Post are intended to be executed on the host machine and not in the container

Pulling a file from the container to the host

Assuming we are pulling a file named my-file from a container named container-name to the current working folder.

incus file pull container-name/path/to/my-file .

DO NOT FORGET THE dot (.)

Pulling a folder from the container to the host

Assuming we are pulling a folder name my-folder from a container named container-name to the current working folder.

incus file pull -r conatiner-name/path/to/my-folder .

Pushing a file from the host to the container

Assuming we are pushing a file named my-file from the host to a container named container-name

cd /path/to/my-file
incus file push my-file container-name/path/to/destination/directory/

Pushing a folder from the host to the container

Assuming we are pushing a folder named my-folder from the host to a container named contaner-name

cd /path/to/my-folder
incus file push -r my-folder container-name/path/to/destination/directory/