metalcloud-cli vm-type create
Create a new VM type from configuration
Synopsis
Section titled “Synopsis”Create a new VM type in the MetalCloud platform using a configuration file or piped input.
The configuration must be provided in JSON format and include all required fields:
- name: Unique name for the VM type
- cpuCores: Number of CPU cores
- ramGB: Amount of RAM in gigabytes
Optional fields include displayName, label, isExperimental, forUnmanagedVMsOnly, and tags.
REQUIRED FLAGS: —config-source string Source of the VM type configuration (required) Can be ‘pipe’ for stdin or path to a JSON file
EXAMPLES:
Create VM type from file
Section titled “Create VM type from file”metalcloud vm-type create —config-source vm-type-config.json
Create VM type from stdin
Section titled “Create VM type from stdin”echo ’{“name”:“test-vm”,“cpuCores”:2,“ramGB”:4}’ | metalcloud vm-type create —config-source pipe
Generate example config and create VM type
Section titled “Generate example config and create VM type”metalcloud vm-type config-example > config.json
Edit config.json as needed
Section titled “Edit config.json as needed”metalcloud vm-type create —config-source config.json
metalcloud-cli vm-type create [flags]Options
Section titled “Options” --config-source string Source of the new VM type configuration. Can be 'pipe' or path to a JSON file. -h, --help help for createOptions inherited from parent commands
Section titled “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
Section titled “SEE ALSO”- metalcloud-cli vm-type - Manage VM types and configurations