Verify the Ubuntu base image of an Incus instance

✓ Verified incus 6.22os ubuntu 24.04image ubuntu/24.04 · tested less than an hour ago

This guide confirms that a clean Incus instance created from the ubuntu/24.04 image reports the expected OS release and a working shell. The procedure was verified against the following baseline:

OS: Ubuntu 24.04
Image: ubuntu/24.04
Incus: 6.22

Read the OS release file

Inspect the /etc/os-release file to confirm the instance is running the expected Ubuntu release. This file is the standard mechanism for identifying a Linux distribution and its version.

$ cat /etc/os-release

captured output

PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="24.04"
VERSION="24.04.4 LTS (Noble Numbat)"
VERSION_CODENAME=noble
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble
LOGO=ubuntu-logo

You have verified that the Incus instance reports Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) via its /etc/os-release file and that the shell environment is functional. A natural next step is to install any required packages or proceed with provisioning the instance for your workload.