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metalcloud-cli site decommission

Archive a site and mark it as inactive

Decommission (archive) a site and mark it as inactive in the system.

This command permanently decommissions a site, making it unavailable for new deployments while preserving historical data. Once decommissioned, a site cannot be reactivated and any existing infrastructure should be migrated to other sites before decommissioning.

Warning: This operation is irreversible. Ensure all infrastructure has been properly migrated before decommissioning a site.

Required Arguments: site_id_or_name Site identifier (ID or name) to decommission

Required Permissions: sites:write - Permission to modify sites

Examples:

metalcloud-cli site decommission “old-datacenter”

metalcloud-cli site decommission 12345

metalcloud-cli site decommission site_id_or_name [flags]
-h, --help help for decommission
-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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