creates the image
metalctl image create [flags]
--bulk-output when used with --file (bulk operation): prints results at the end as a list. default is printing results intermediately during the operation, which causes single entities to be printed in a row.
-d, --description string Description of the image.
--features strings features of the image, can be one of machine|firewall
-f, --file string filename of the create or update request in yaml format, or - for stdin.
Example:
$ metalctl image describe image-1 -o yaml > image.yaml
$ vi image.yaml
$ # either via stdin
$ cat image.yaml | metalctl image create -f -
$ # or via file
$ metalctl image create -f image.yaml
the file can also contain multiple documents and perform a bulk operation.
-h, --help help for create
--id string ID of the image.
-n, --name string Name of the image.
--skip-security-prompts skips security prompt for bulk operations
--timestamps when used with --file (bulk operation): prints timestamps in-between the operations
--url string url of the image.
--api-token string api token to authenticate. Can be specified with METALCTL_API_TOKEN environment variable.
--api-url string api server address. Can be specified with METALCTL_API_URL environment variable.
-c, --config string alternative config file path, (default is ~/.metalctl/config.yaml).
Example config.yaml:
---
apitoken: "alongtoken"
...
--debug debug output
--force-color force colored output even without tty
--kubeconfig string Path to the kube-config to use for authentication and authorization. Is updated by login. Uses default path if not specified.
--no-headers do not print headers of table output format (default print headers)
-o, --output-format string output format (table|wide|markdown|json|yaml|template), wide is a table with more columns. (default "table")
--template string output template for template output-format, go template format.
For property names inspect the output of -o json or -o yaml for reference.
Example for machines:
metalctl machine list -o template --template "{{ .id }}:{{ .size.id }}"
--yes-i-really-mean-it skips security prompts (which can be dangerous to set blindly because actions can lead to data loss or additional costs)
- metalctl image - manage image entities