metalcloud-cli server-instance-group create

Create a new server instance group in an infrastructure

Synopsis

Create a new server instance group in an infrastructure.

This command creates a new server instance group with the specified configuration. The group will contain multiple server instances with identical specifications.

Arguments: infrastructure_id_or_label The infrastructure ID (numeric) or label (string) to create the group in label Label for the new instance group server_type_id Server type ID to use for instances in the group instance_count Number of instances to create in the group os_template_id (Optional) OS template ID to use for instances

Examples:

Create instance group with 3 instances using server type 100

metalcloud-cli server-instance-group create 1234 web-servers 100 3

Create instance group with specific OS template

metalcloud-cli server-instance-group create prod-env db-cluster 200 2 50

Using alias

metalcloud-cli ig new 1234 app-servers 150 5

metalcloud-cli server-instance-group create infrastructure_id_or_label label server_type_id instance_count [os_template_id] [flags]

Options

  -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")

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