metalcloud-cli role create

Create a new role with specified permissions

Synopsis

Create a new role with specified permissions in the MetalCloud platform.

This command creates a new role based on configuration provided through a JSON file or piped input. The role configuration must include a label and permissions list. Description is optional but recommended for clarity.

Required configuration fields: label Human-readable name for the role permissions Array of permission strings

Optional configuration fields: description Detailed description of the role’s purpose

Flags: –config-source string Required. Source of the role configuration. Can be ‘pipe’ for stdin input or path to a JSON file.

Configuration format (JSON): { “label”: “Custom Admin Role”, “description”: “Administrative role with full system access”, “permissions”: [“roles:read”, “roles:write”, “users:read”, “users:write”] }

Examples:

Create role from JSON file

metalcloud-cli role create –config-source role-config.json

Create role using piped JSON

echo ‘{“label”: “Editor”, “permissions”: [“content:read”, “content:write”]}’ | metalcloud-cli role create –config-source pipe

Create role with multiple permissions from file

metalcloud-cli role new –config-source /path/to/role.json

metalcloud-cli role create [flags]

Options

      --config-source string   Source of the role configuration. Can be 'pipe' or path to a JSON file.
  -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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