metalcloud-cli file-share create

Create a new file share with specified configuration

Synopsis

Create a new file share within the specified infrastructure using configuration from a JSON file or pipe input.

This command creates a new file share resource with the specified configuration including storage size, access permissions, and other settings.

Required Arguments: infrastructure_id_or_label The infrastructure ID (numeric) or label to create the file share in

Required Flags: —config-source Source of the new file share configuration Can be ‘pipe’ for stdin input or path to a JSON file

Configuration Format: The configuration should be a JSON object containing file share properties such as:

• name: File share name
• size: Storage size
• type: File share type
• access_mode: Access permissions
• mount_path: Mount path for clients

Examples:

Create a file share from a JSON configuration file

metalcloud-cli file-share create my-infrastructure —config-source config.json

Create a file share using pipe input

echo ’{“name”:“shared-storage”,“size”:“100GB”}’ | metalcloud-cli file-share create my-infrastructure —config-source pipe

Create with infrastructure ID

metalcloud-cli file-share create 12345 —config-source /path/to/config.json

metalcloud-cli file-share create infrastructure_id_or_label [flags]

Options

      --config-source string   Source of the new file share configuration. Can be 'pipe' or path to a JSON file.
  -h, --help                   help for create

Options inherited from parent commands

  -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")

SEE ALSO

• metalcloud-cli file-share - Manage file shares for infrastructure resources

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