# metalcloud-cli server firmware generate-audit

Generate firmware upgrade audit for servers

## Synopsis

Generate firmware upgrade audit for servers.

This command generates a comprehensive firmware upgrade audit report for servers
using a JSON configuration file or piped JSON data. The audit helps identify
which servers need firmware updates and provides detailed upgrade recommendations.

Required Flags:
  --config-source        Source of the audit configuration. Can be 'pipe' or path to a JSON file

Examples:
  ## Generate audit using JSON configuration file
  metalcloud-cli server firmware generate-audit --config-source ./audit-config.json

  ## Generate audit using piped JSON configuration
  echo '{"servers": [123, 456]}' | metalcloud-cli server firmware generate-audit --config-source pipe


```
metalcloud-cli server firmware generate-audit [flags]
```

### Options

```
      --config-source string   Source of the audit configuration. Can be 'pipe' or path to a JSON file.
  -h, --help                   help for generate-audit
```

### 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 server firmware](/content/configuration/cli/metalcloud-cli_server_firmware.md)	 - Server firmware management

#### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 11-Aug-2025