Create an incus instance using OpenTofu

It is relatively simple to create an Incus instance using OpenTofu.

This assumes that Incus client is installed on the machine where OpenTofu is running and a current remote server is configured within this client.

Here is a simple main.tf file:

terraform {
  required_providers {
    incus = {
      source = "lxc/incus"
    }
  }
}

provider "incus" {
}

resource "incus_instance" "dns-1" {
  name  = "dns-1"
  image = "images:debian/12/cloud"

  config = {
    "boot.autostart" = true
    "limits.cpu"     = 1
  }
}

Executing the plan command, produces the result below

tofu plan

Result:

OpenTofu used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

OpenTofu will perform the following actions:

  # incus_instance.dns-1 will be created
  + resource "incus_instance" "dns-1" {
      + config           = {
          + "boot.autostart" = "true"
          + "limits.cpu"     = "1"
        }
      + ephemeral        = false
      + image            = "images:debian/12/cloud"
      + ipv4_address     = (known after apply)
      + ipv6_address     = (known after apply)
      + mac_address      = (known after apply)
      + name             = "dns-1"
      + profiles         = [
          + "default",
        ]
      + running          = true
      + status           = (known after apply)
      + target           = (known after apply)
      + type             = "container"
      + wait_for_network = true
    }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

Executing the apply command, produces the result below

tofu apply -auto-approve

Result:

OpenTofu used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

OpenTofu will perform the following actions:

  # incus_instance.dns-1 will be created
  + resource "incus_instance" "dns-1" {
      + config           = {
          + "boot.autostart" = "true"
          + "limits.cpu"     = "1"
        }
      + ephemeral        = false
      + image            = "images:debian/12/cloud"
      + ipv4_address     = (known after apply)
      + ipv6_address     = (known after apply)
      + mac_address      = (known after apply)
      + name             = "dns-1"
      + profiles         = [
          + "default",
        ]
      + running          = true
      + status           = (known after apply)
      + target           = (known after apply)
      + type             = "container"
      + wait_for_network = true
    }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
incus_instance.dns-1: Creating...
incus_instance.dns-1: Creation complete after 6s [name=dns-1]

Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.

Executing the show command produces the result below:

tofu show

Result:

# incus_instance.dns-1:
resource "incus_instance" "dns-1" {
    config           = {
        "boot.autostart" = "true"
        "limits.cpu"     = "1"
    }
    ephemeral        = false
    image            = "images:debian/12/cloud"
    ipv4_address     = "10.0.10.241"
    ipv6_address     = "2001:db8::216:3eff:fe51:a36a"
    mac_address      = "00:16:3e:51:a3:6a"
    name             = "dns-1"
    profiles         = [
        "default",
    ]
    running          = true
    status           = "Running"
    type             = "container"
    wait_for_network = true
}