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Anybody running IncusOS here?
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Is incus-compose a part of the base system, or an add-on? How does it work on IncusOS if it's a command-line tool and there's neither a remote nor a local shell, only a web API? Does it provide a built-in way to automate container updates?
it's a program you install on your client machine. It just connects to the Incus API (probably using the Incus cli).
The Incus cli connects to the API.
For the most part, Incus containers are system containers, similar to lightweight virtual machines. They run a full distro, including systemd and all that. For keeping those updating, you would want to use the auto update methods that Linux distros provide.
There are also OCI containers that Incus can run, but I don't think there is any form of auto update for those. You might be better off just running docker/podman/kubes in a VM for that.