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metalcloud-cli drive update-hosts

Update host assignments for a drive

Update host assignments for a drive within an infrastructure using JSON configuration.

This command updates the host assignments for a drive. You can assign or remove hosts from the drive. The host configuration must be provided via JSON file or stdin pipe.

Arguments: infrastructure_id_or_label The ID or label of the infrastructure drive_id The unique identifier of the drive

Required Flags: —config-source string Source of the drive hosts configuration Can be ‘pipe’ (for stdin input) or path to a JSON file

Examples:

Update drive host assignments from JSON file

Section titled “Update drive host assignments from JSON file”

metalcloud-cli drive update-hosts my-infrastructure 12345 —config-source hosts.json

echo ’{“host_ids”: [123, 456]}’ | metalcloud-cli drive update-hosts my-infrastructure 12345 —config-source pipe

metalcloud-cli drive hosts-update 1001 67890 —config-source /path/to/hosts.json

metalcloud-cli drive update-hosts infrastructure_id_or_label drive_id [flags]
--config-source string Source of the drive hosts configuration. Can be 'pipe' or path to a JSON file.
-h, --help help for update-hosts
-k, --api_key string MetalCloud API key
-c, --config string Config file path
-d, --debug Set to enable debug logging
-e, --endpoint string MetalCloud API endpoint
-f, --format string Output format. Supported values are 'text','csv','md','json','yaml'. (default "text")
-i, --insecure_skip_verify Set to allow insecure transport
-l, --log_file string Log file path
-v, --verbosity string Log level verbosity (default "INFO")

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