lxc publish
Description: Publish instances as images Synopsis: Description: Publish instances as images Options: Options inherited from parent commands: SEE ALSO: lxc- Command line client for LXD.

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# `lxc publish`

Publish instances as images

## Synopsis

Description: Publish instances as images

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

## Options

          --alias              New alias to define at target
          --compression none   Compression algorithm to use (none for uncompressed)
          --expire             Image expiration date (format: rfc3339)
      -f, --force              Stop the instance if currently running
          --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
          --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

- lxc - Command line client for LXD