metalcloud-cli logical-network create

Create a new logical network from configuration

Synopsis

Create a new logical network of the specified kind using configuration from a file or pipe.

This command creates a logical network with the provided configuration. The configuration must be in JSON format and contain all required fields for the specified network kind.

Arguments: kind The type of logical network to create (e.g., vlan, vxlan, flat)

Required Flags: —config-source Source of the logical network configuration (required) Can be ‘pipe’ to read from stdin or path to a JSON file

Configuration Format: The configuration file must contain a JSON object with the network specification. Use ‘config-example’ command to see the expected structure for each kind.

Examples:

Create from a configuration file

metalcloud-cli logical-network create vlan —config-source network.json

Create using pipe input

cat network.json | metalcloud-cli logical-network create vlan —config-source pipe

Create using generated example (edit as needed)

metalcloud-cli logical-network config-example vlan > config.json

Edit config.json with your values

metalcloud-cli logical-network create vlan —config-source config.json

One-liner with example and pipe

metalcloud-cli logical-network config-example vxlan |
jq ‘.label = “my-network”’ |
metalcloud-cli logical-network create vxlan —config-source pipe

metalcloud-cli logical-network create kind [flags]

Options

      --config-source string   Source of the new logical network 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")