How to run a Linux Desktop virtual machine on Incus

Incus is a manager for virtual machines and system containers. A virtual machine (VM) is an instance of an operating system that runs on a computer, along with the main operating system. A virtual machine uses hardware virtualization features for the separation from the main operating system. With virtual machines, the full operating system boots …

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A networking guide for Incus

Incus is a hypervisor/manager for virtual machines and application/system containers. Get community support here. A virtual machine (VM) is an instance of an operating system that runs on a computer, along with the main operating system. A virtual machine uses hardware virtualization features for the separation from the main operating system. A system container is …

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How to recover or reconnect an Incus storage pool

Incus is a manager for virtual machines, system containers and application containers. Get Incus support here. When you initially setup Incus, you create a storage pool where Incus will put in there everything. There are several options for storage pools, in this post we focus on ZFS storage pools, and those specifically that are stored …

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How to use your Android phone with ADB in an Incus container

Incus is a manager for virtual machines and system containers. A system container (therein container) is an instance of an operating system that also runs on a computer, along with the main operating system. A system container uses, instead, security primitives of the Linux kernel for the separation from the main operating system. You can …

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How to share a folder between a host and a container in Incus

Incus is a manager for virtual machines and system containers. A system container (therein container) is an instance of an operating system that also runs on a computer, along with the main operating system. A system container uses, instead, security primitives of the Linux kernel for the separation from the main operating system. You can …

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Running OCI images (i.e. Docker) directly in Incus

One of the cool new features in Incus 6.3 is the ability to run OCI images (such as those for Docker) directly in Incus. You can certainly install the Docker packages in an Incus instance but that would put you in a situation of running a container in a container. Why not let Docker be …

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