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metalcloud-cli fabric create

Create a new fabric

Create a new network fabric in MetalCloud.

This command creates a new fabric with the specified configuration. The fabric configuration must be provided through the —config-source flag, which can be a JSON file or piped input.

Arguments: site_id_or_label The ID or label of the site where the fabric will be created fabric_name The name for the new fabric fabric_type The type of fabric to create (e.g., “spine-leaf”, “collapsed-core”) fabric_description Optional description for the fabric (defaults to fabric_name if not provided)

Required Flags: —config-source string Source of the fabric configuration. Can be ‘pipe’ for piped input or path to a JSON file containing the fabric configuration

Examples:

Create fabric with configuration from file

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metalcloud fabric create site1 my-fabric spine-leaf “Production fabric” —config-source fabric-config.json

cat fabric-config.json | metalcloud fabric create site1 my-fabric spine-leaf —config-source pipe

metalcloud fabric config-example spine-leaf > config.json

metalcloud fabric create site1 my-fabric spine-leaf —config-source config.json

metalcloud-cli fabric create site_id_or_label fabric_name fabric_type [fabric_description] [flags]
--config-source string Source of the new fabric configuration. Can be 'pipe' or path to a JSON file.
-h, --help help for create
-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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