metalcloud-cli server-default-credentials create¶

Create new server default credentials

Synopsis¶

Create new server default credentials for a server.

This command creates a new set of default credentials that can be used during server provisioning and management. The password is encrypted before storage and can be retrieved using the get-credentials command.

Required Flags: –site-id Site ID where the server is located (required) –serial Server serial number for identification (required) –mac Server MAC address for network identification (required) –username Default username for server authentication (required) –password Default password for server authentication (required)

Optional Flags: –rack-name Default rack name where server is located –rack-position-lower Default rack position lower unit (e.g., “1”) –rack-position-upper Default rack position upper unit (e.g., “2”) –inventory-id Default inventory ID for asset tracking –uuid Default UUID for server identification

Examples:

Create credentials with required fields only¶

metalcloud-cli server-default-credentials create
–site-id 1
–serial “ABC123456”
–mac “00:11:22:33:44:55”
–username “admin”
–password “securepassword”

Create credentials with rack information¶

metalcloud-cli sdc create
–site-id 2
–serial “DEF789012”
–mac “aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff”
–username “root”
–password “complexpass123”
–rack-name “R1-A”
–rack-position-lower “10”
–rack-position-upper “12”

Create credentials with all optional metadata¶

metalcloud-cli srv-dc create
–site-id 3
–serial “GHI345678”
–mac “11:22:33:44:55:66”
–username “operator”
–password “mypassword”
–rack-name “R2-B”
–rack-position-lower “5”
–rack-position-upper “6”
–inventory-id “INV-2024-001”
–uuid “550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000”

metalcloud-cli server-default-credentials create [flags]

Options¶

  -h, --help                         help for create
      --inventory-id string          Default inventory ID
      --mac string                   Server MAC address
      --password string              Default password
      --rack-name string             Default rack name
      --rack-position-lower string   Default rack position lower unit
      --rack-position-upper string   Default rack position upper unit
      --serial string                Server serial number
      --site-id float32              Site ID
      --username string              Default username
      --uuid string                  Default UUID

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")