metalcloud-cli storage create

Create a new storage pool

Synopsis

Create a new storage pool using a configuration file or piped input.

This command creates a new storage pool in the MetalCloud infrastructure. The storage configuration must be provided as JSON either through a file or piped input.

Required flags: –config-source Source of the storage configuration. Can be ‘pipe’ for piped input or a path to a JSON file containing the storage configuration.

The configuration must include required fields such as siteId, driver, technologies, type, name, managementHost, username, password, and subnetType. Use the ‘config-example’ command to see a complete template with all available options.

Examples:

Create storage from a JSON file

metalcloud storage create –config-source ./storage-config.json

Create storage from piped input

cat storage-config.json | metalcloud storage create –config-source pipe

Generate template, edit, and create

metalcloud storage config-example > config.json

Edit config.json with your storage details

metalcloud storage create –config-source config.json

metalcloud-cli storage create [flags]

Options

      --config-source string   Source of the new storage 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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