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Description: Configure the daemon Synopsis: Description:, Configure the daemon,,,, Examples: Options: Options inherited from parent commands: SEE ALSO: incus admin- Manage incus daemon.

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# `incus admin init`

Configure the daemon

## Synopsis

Description:
Configure the daemon

    incus admin init [--preseed [<preseed.yaml>]] [flags]

## Examples

      init --minimal
      init --auto [--network-address=IP] [--network-port=8443] [--storage-backend=dir]
                  [--storage-create-device=DEVICE] [--storage-create-loop=SIZE]
                  [--storage-pool=POOL]
      init --preseed [preseed.yaml]
      init --dump

## Options

          --auto                    Automatic (non-interactive) mode
          --dump                    Dump YAML config to stdout
          --minimal                 Minimal configuration (non-interactive)
          --network-address         Address to bind to (default: none)
          --network-port            Port to bind to (default: 8443) (default -1)
          --preseed                 Pre-seed mode, expects YAML config from stdin
          --storage-backend         Storage backend to use (btrfs, dir, lvm or zfs, default: dir)
          --storage-create-device   Setup device based storage using DEVICE
          --storage-create-loop     Setup loop based storage with SIZE in GiB (default -1)
          --storage-pool            Storage pool to use or create

## 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 admin - Manage incus daemon