Hi there!
I am currently struggling to migrate to incus.
At this point i do not really see how I can proberly import my lxd containers:
I did in lxd:
Export all my lcd containers:
for i in $(lxc list -c n --format csv); do echo "Backing up ${i}..."; lxc export "${i}" "/media/backup
/containers/${i}-backup-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).tar.xz"; done
The backup was successful.
Then i tried to import them with:
benjamin@librem-mini:~$ sudo incus --debug import /media/backup/containers/proxy-backup-2026-03-05.tar.xz
DEBUG [2026-03-06T11:39:40+01:00] Connecting to a local Incus over a Unix socket
DEBUG [2026-03-06T11:39:40+01:00] Sending request to Incus etag= method=GET url="http://unix.socket/1.0"
DEBUG [2026-03-06T11:39:40+01:00] Got response struct from Incus
DEBUG [2026-03-06T11:39:40+01:00]
{
"config": {},
"api_extensions": [
"storage_zfs_remove_snapshots",
"container_host_shutdown_timeout",
"container_stop_priority",
"container_syscall_filtering",
"auth_pki",
"container_last_used_at",
"etag",
"patch",
"usb_devices",
"https_allowed_credentials",
"image_compression_algorithm",
"directory_manipulation",
"container_cpu_time",
"storage_zfs_use_refquota",
"storage_lvm_mount_options",
"network",
"profile_usedby",
"container_push",
"container_exec_recording",
"certificate_update",
"container_exec_signal_handling",
"gpu_devices",
"container_image_properties",
"migration_progress",
"id_map",
"network_firewall_filtering",
"network_routes",
"storage",
"file_delete",
"file_append",
"network_dhcp_expiry",
"storage_lvm_vg_rename",
"storage_lvm_thinpool_rename",
"network_vlan",
"image_create_aliases",
"container_stateless_copy",
"container_only_migration",
"storage_zfs_clone_copy",
"unix_device_rename",
"storage_lvm_use_thinpool",
"storage_rsync_bwlimit",
"network_vxlan_interface",
"storage_btrfs_mount_options",
"entity_description",
"image_force_refresh",
"storage_lvm_lv_resizing",
"id_map_base",
"file_symlinks",
"container_push_target",
"network_vlan_physical",
"storage_images_delete",
"container_edit_metadata",
"container_snapshot_stateful_migration",
"storage_driver_ceph",
"storage_ceph_user_name",
"resource_limits",
"storage_volatile_initial_source",
"storage_ceph_force_osd_reuse",
"storage_block_filesystem_btrfs",
"resources",
"kernel_limits",
"storage_api_volume_rename",
"network_sriov",
"console",
"restrict_dev_incus",
"migration_pre_copy",
"infiniband",
"dev_incus_events",
"proxy",
"network_dhcp_gateway",
"file_get_symlink",
"network_leases",
"unix_device_hotplug",
"storage_api_local_volume_handling",
"operation_description",
"clustering",
"event_lifecycle",
"storage_api_remote_volume_handling",
"nvidia_runtime",
"container_mount_propagation",
"container_backup",
"dev_incus_images",
"container_local_cross_pool_handling",
"proxy_unix",
"proxy_udp",
"clustering_join",
"proxy_tcp_udp_multi_port_handling",
"network_state",
"proxy_unix_dac_properties",
"container_protection_delete",
"unix_priv_drop",
"pprof_http",
"proxy_haproxy_protocol",
"network_hwaddr",
"proxy_nat",
"network_nat_order",
"container_full",
"backup_compression",
"nvidia_runtime_config",
"storage_api_volume_snapshots",
"storage_unmapped",
"projects",
"network_vxlan_ttl",
"container_incremental_copy",
"usb_optional_vendorid",
"snapshot_scheduling",
"snapshot_schedule_aliases",
"container_copy_project",
"clustering_server_address",
"clustering_image_replication",
"container_protection_shift",
"snapshot_expiry",
"container_backup_override_pool",
"snapshot_expiry_creation",
"network_leases_location",
"resources_cpu_socket",
"resources_gpu",
"resources_numa",
"kernel_features",
"id_map_current",
"event_location",
"storage_api_remote_volume_snapshots",
"network_nat_address",
"container_nic_routes",
"cluster_internal_copy",
"seccomp_notify",
"lxc_features",
"container_nic_ipvlan",
"network_vlan_sriov",
"storage_cephfs",
"container_nic_ipfilter",
"resources_v2",
"container_exec_user_group_cwd",
"container_syscall_intercept",
"container_disk_shift",
"storage_shifted",
"resources_infiniband",
"daemon_storage",
"instances",
"image_types",
"resources_disk_sata",
"clustering_roles",
"images_expiry",
"resources_network_firmware",
"backup_compression_algorithm",
"ceph_data_pool_name",
"container_syscall_intercept_mount",
"compression_squashfs",
"container_raw_mount",
"container_nic_routed",
"container_syscall_intercept_mount_fuse",
"container_disk_ceph",
"virtual-machines",
"image_profiles",
"clustering_architecture",
"resources_disk_id",
"storage_lvm_stripes",
"vm_boot_priority",
"unix_hotplug_devices",
"api_filtering",
"instance_nic_network",
"clustering_sizing",
"firewall_driver",
"projects_limits",
"container_syscall_intercept_hugetlbfs",
"limits_hugepages",
"container_nic_routed_gateway",
"projects_restrictions",
"custom_volume_snapshot_expiry",
"volume_snapshot_scheduling",
"trust_ca_certificates",
"snapshot_disk_usage",
"clustering_edit_roles",
"container_nic_routed_host_address",
"container_nic_ipvlan_gateway",
"resources_usb_pci",
"resources_cpu_threads_numa",
"resources_cpu_core_die",
"api_os",
"container_nic_routed_host_table",
"container_nic_ipvlan_host_table",
"container_nic_ipvlan_mode",
"resources_system",
"images_push_relay",
"network_dns_search",
"container_nic_routed_limits",
"instance_nic_bridged_vlan",
"network_state_bond_bridge",
"usedby_consistency",
"custom_block_volumes",
"clustering_failure_domains",
"resources_gpu_mdev",
"console_vga_type",
"projects_limits_disk",
"network_type_macvlan",
"network_type_sriov",
"container_syscall_intercept_bpf_devices",
"network_type_ovn",
"projects_networks",
"projects_networks_restricted_uplinks",
"custom_volume_backup",
"backup_override_name",
"storage_rsync_compression",
"network_type_physical",
"network_ovn_external_subnets",
"network_ovn_nat",
"network_ovn_external_routes_remove",
"tpm_device_type",
"storage_zfs_clone_copy_rebase",
"gpu_mdev",
"resources_pci_iommu",
"resources_network_usb",
"resources_disk_address",
"network_physical_ovn_ingress_mode",
"network_ovn_dhcp",
"network_physical_routes_anycast",
"projects_limits_instances",
"network_state_vlan",
"instance_nic_bridged_port_isolation",
"instance_bulk_state_change",
"network_gvrp",
"instance_pool_move",
"gpu_sriov",
"pci_device_type",
"storage_volume_state",
"network_acl",
"migration_stateful",
"disk_state_quota",
"storage_ceph_features",
"projects_compression",
"projects_images_remote_cache_expiry",
"certificate_project",
"network_ovn_acl",
"projects_images_auto_update",
"projects_restricted_cluster_target",
"images_default_architecture",
"network_ovn_acl_defaults",
"gpu_mig",
"project_usage",
"network_bridge_acl",
"warnings",
"projects_restricted_backups_and_snapshots",
"clustering_join_token",
"clustering_description",
"server_trusted_proxy",
"clustering_update_cert",
"storage_api_project",
"server_instance_driver_operational",
"server_supported_storage_drivers",
"event_lifecycle_requestor_address",
"resources_gpu_usb",
"clustering_evacuation",
"network_ovn_nat_address",
"network_bgp",
"network_forward",
"custom_volume_refresh",
"network_counters_errors_dropped",
"metrics",
"image_source_project",
"clustering_config",
"network_peer",
"linux_sysctl",
"network_dns",
"ovn_nic_acceleration",
"certificate_self_renewal",
"instance_project_move",
"storage_volume_project_move",
"cloud_init",
"network_dns_nat",
"database_leader",
"instance_all_projects",
"clustering_groups",
"ceph_rbd_du",
"instance_get_full",
"qemu_metrics",
"gpu_mig_uuid",
"event_project",
"clustering_evacuation_live",
"instance_allow_inconsistent_copy",
"network_state_ovn",
"storage_volume_api_filtering",
"image_restrictions",
"storage_zfs_export",
"network_dns_records",
"storage_zfs_reserve_space",
"network_acl_log",
"storage_zfs_blocksize",
"metrics_cpu_seconds",
"instance_snapshot_never",
"certificate_token",
"instance_nic_routed_neighbor_probe",
"event_hub",
"agent_nic_config",
"projects_restricted_intercept",
"metrics_authentication",
"images_target_project",
"images_all_projects",
"cluster_migration_inconsistent_copy",
"cluster_ovn_chassis",
"container_syscall_intercept_sched_setscheduler",
"storage_lvm_thinpool_metadata_size",
"storage_volume_state_total",
"instance_file_head",
"instances_nic_host_name",
"image_copy_profile",
"container_syscall_intercept_sysinfo",
"clustering_evacuation_mode",
"resources_pci_vpd",
"qemu_raw_conf",
"storage_cephfs_fscache",
"network_load_balancer",
"vsock_api",
"instance_ready_state",
"network_bgp_holdtime",
"storage_volumes_all_projects",
"metrics_memory_oom_total",
"storage_buckets",
"storage_buckets_create_credentials",
"metrics_cpu_effective_total",
"projects_networks_restricted_access",
"storage_buckets_local",
"loki",
"acme",
"internal_metrics",
"cluster_join_token_expiry",
"remote_token_expiry",
"init_preseed",
"storage_volumes_created_at",
"cpu_hotplug",
"projects_networks_zones",
"network_txqueuelen",
"cluster_member_state",
"instances_placement_scriptlet",
"storage_pool_source_wipe",
"zfs_block_mode",
"instance_generation_id",
"disk_io_cache",
"amd_sev",
"storage_pool_loop_resize",
"migration_vm_live",
"ovn_nic_nesting",
"oidc",
"network_ovn_l3only",
"ovn_nic_acceleration_vdpa",
"cluster_healing",
"instances_state_total",
"auth_user",
"security_csm",
"instances_rebuild",
"numa_cpu_placement",
"custom_volume_iso",
"network_allocations",
"zfs_delegate",
"storage_api_remote_volume_snapshot_copy",
"operations_get_query_all_projects",
"metadata_configuration",
"syslog_socket",
"event_lifecycle_name_and_project",
"instances_nic_limits_priority",
"disk_initial_volume_configuration",
"operation_wait",
"image_restriction_privileged",
"cluster_internal_custom_volume_copy",
"disk_io_bus",
"storage_cephfs_create_missing",
"instance_move_config",
"ovn_ssl_config",
"certificate_description",
"disk_io_bus_virtio_blk",
"loki_config_instance",
"instance_create_start",
"clustering_evacuation_stop_options",
"boot_host_shutdown_action",
"agent_config_drive",
"network_state_ovn_lr",
"image_template_permissions",
"storage_bucket_backup",
"storage_lvm_cluster",
"shared_custom_block_volumes",
"auth_tls_jwt",
"oidc_claim",
"device_usb_serial",
"numa_cpu_balanced",
"image_restriction_nesting",
"network_integrations",
"instance_memory_swap_bytes",
"network_bridge_external_create"
],
"api_status": "stable",
"api_version": "1.0",
"auth": "trusted",
"public": false,
"auth_methods": [
"tls"
],
"auth_user_name": "root",
"auth_user_method": "unix",
"environment": {
"addresses": [],
"architectures": [
"x86_64",
"i686"
],
"certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\nQTM=\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n",
"certificate_fingerprint": "74af5c099a113440289e9d47a6315bd4d5cec68097362fd5c0ded12029175170",
"driver": "lxc",
"driver_version": "5.0.3",
"firewall": "nftables",
"kernel": "Linux",
"kernel_architecture": "x86_64",
"kernel_features": {
"idmapped_mounts": "true",
"netnsid_getifaddrs": "true",
"seccomp_listener": "true",
"seccomp_listener_continue": "true",
"uevent_injection": "true",
"unpriv_binfmt": "true",
"unpriv_fscaps": "true"
},
"kernel_version": "6.8.0-101-generic",
"lxc_features": {
"cgroup2": "true",
"core_scheduling": "true",
"devpts_fd": "true",
"idmapped_mounts_v2": "true",
"mount_injection_file": "true",
"network_gateway_device_route": "true",
"network_ipvlan": "true",
"network_l2proxy": "true",
"network_phys_macvlan_mtu": "true",
"network_veth_router": "true",
"pidfd": "true",
"seccomp_allow_deny_syntax": "true",
"seccomp_notify": "true",
"seccomp_proxy_send_notify_fd": "true"
},
"os_name": "Ubuntu",
"os_version": "24.04",
"project": "default",
"server": "incus",
"server_clustered": false,
"server_event_mode": "full-mesh",
"server_name": "librem-mini",
"server_pid": 10515,
"server_version": "6.0.0",
"storage": "zfs",
"storage_version": "2.2.2-0ubuntu9.4",
"storage_supported_drivers": [
{
"Name": "btrfs",
"Version": "6.6.3",
"Remote": false
},
{
"Name": "dir",
"Version": "1",
"Remote": false
},
{
"Name": "lvm",
"Version": "2.03.16(2) (2022-05-18) / 1.02.185 (2022-05-18) / 4.48.0",
"Remote": false
},
{
"Name": "lvmcluster",
"Version": "2.03.16(2) (2022-05-18) / 1.02.185 (2022-05-18) / 4.48.0",
"Remote": true
},
{
"Name": "zfs",
"Version": "2.2.2-0ubuntu9.4",
"Remote": false
}
]
}
}
DEBUG [2026-03-06T11:39:40+01:00] Connected to the websocket: ws://unix.socket/1.0/events?project=user-1000
DEBUG [2026-03-06T11:39:40+01:00] Sending request to Incus etag= method=POST url="http://unix.socket/1.0/instances?project=user-1000"
Importing instance: 100% (39.20MB/s)Error: Post "http://unix.socket/1.0/instances?project=user-1000": EOF
Any hints how to hand over the containers correctly?
uname -a Linux librem-mini 6.8.0-101-generic #101-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Feb 9 10:15:05 UTC 2026 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
lxd --version 6.7
