# metalcloud-cli vm-pool config-example

Display a complete VM pool configuration example

## Synopsis

Display a sample VM pool configuration in JSON format showing all available fields.

This command outputs an example configuration that can be used as a template for creating
new VM pools. The example includes all required and optional fields with sample values.

The generated configuration can be:
- Saved to a file and modified as needed
- Used directly with the 'create' command via pipe

EXAMPLES:
  ## Display configuration example
  metalcloud-cli vm-pool config-example

  ## Save example to file for editing
  metalcloud-cli vm-pool config-example > vmpool-config.json

  ## Create VM pool using example as template
  metalcloud-cli vm-pool config-example | jq '.name = "my-vmpool"' | metalcloud-cli vm-pool create --config-source pipe

```
metalcloud-cli vm-pool config-example [flags]
```

### Options

```
  -h, --help   help for config-example
```

### 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 vm-pool](/content/configuration/cli/metalcloud-cli_vm-pool.md)	 - Manage virtual machine pools and their resources

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