mctl

mctl is a CLI utility to interact with the metal-automata ecosystem of services.

Getting started

1. Install the latest available version using go install github.com/metal-automata/mctl@latest. Please note the mctl binary will install in the bin directory of your $GOPATH.
2. Create a configuration file as .mctl.yml, for sample configuration files checkout samples/mctl.yml.
3. Export MCTLCONFIG=~/.mctl.yml.

Actions

For the updated list of all commands available, check out the CLI docs

• Create hardware vendor, model records - mctl create hardware-model --vendor-name ace --model-name s551
• Import list of servers (note this requires the hw vendor, model to be created) - mctl create server --from-file samples/lab-servers.json
• Get component information on a server - mctl get component --server-id <>
• List available firmware - mctl list firmware
• List firmware sets - mctl list firmware-set
• Retrieve information about a firmware - mctl get firmware --id <>
• Install a firmware set on a server - mctl install firmware-set --server <>
• Import firmware, firmware-set from file - mctl create firmware-set --from-file samples/fw-set.json, where the JSON file contents is the output of mctl list firmware-set