stackit-cli

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STACKIT CLI (BETA)

Welcome to the STACKIT CLI, a command-line interface for the STACKIT services.

This CLI is in a BETA state. More services and functionality will be supported soon. Your feedback is appreciated!

[!WARNING] On August 26 2024, The STACKIT Argus service was renamed to STACKIT Observability.

This means that there is a new command group observability, which offers the same functionality as the deprecated argus command.

Please make sure to update your STACKIT CLI to the latest version after August 26 2024 to ensure that you start using observability command.

[!WARNING] On July 9 2024, the new STACKIT Identity Provider (IDP) was released. We are happy to announce that on v0.9.0, the new IDP was integrated in the STACKIT CLI, where it is used for user authentication.

This also means that the user authentication on STACKIT CLI versions released before July 9 2024 is no longer guaranteed to work for all services.

Please make sure to update your STACKIT CLI to the latest version after July 9 2024 to ensure that you can continue to use all STACKIT services.

Installation

Please refer to our installation guide for instructions on how to install and get started using the STACKIT CLI.

Usage

A typical command is structured as:

stackit <GROUP> <SUB-GROUP> <COMMAND> <ARGUMENT> <PARAMETER FLAGS> [OPTION FLAGS]

• <GROUP> can be the name of a service, such as dns or mongodbflex, or other groups for additional functionality, such as config to configure the CLI or auth to authenticate.
• <SUB-GROUP> should be the name (singular form) of a service resource, when <GROUP> is the name of a service. Examples: zone, instance.
• <COMMAND> is a command associated to the innermost group. Usually it's an action for the resource in question, such as list (to show all resources of the given type) or the CRUD operations create, describe, update and delete.
• <ARGUMENT> is required by some commands to specify a resource identifier. Examples: stackit dns zone delete ZONE_ID, stackit ske cluster create CLUSTER_NAME.
• <PARAMETER FLAGS> is a list of inputs necessary to execute the command, in the format --[flag] or --[flag] [value]. Some are required, while others are optional.
• [OPTION FLAGS] is a set of optional settings that modify the command's execution context. Examples: --output-format=json changes the format of the output to JSON, --assume-yes skips confirmation prompts.

Examples:

• stackit ske cluster describe my-cluster --project-id xxx --output-format json
• stackit mongodbflex instance create --name my-instance --cpu 1 --ram 4 --acl 0.0.0.0/0 --assume-yes
• stackit dns zone delete my-zone

Some commands are implemented at the root, group or subgroup level:

• stackit config to define variables to be used in future commands.
• stackit ske enable to enable the SKE engine on your project.

Help is available for any command by specifying the special flag --help (or simply -h):

• stackit --help
• stackit -h
• stackit <GROUP> --help
• stackit <GROUP> <SUB-GROUP> --help
• stackit <GROUP> <SUB-GROUP> <COMMAND> --help

Available services

Below you can find a list of the STACKIT services already available in the CLI (along with their respective command names) and the ones that are currently planned to be integrated.

Service	CLI Commands	Status
Observability	observability	✅
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)	beta network-area	✅ (beta)
Authorization	project, organization	✅
DNS	dns	✅
Kubernetes Engine (SKE)	ske	✅
Load Balancer	load-balancer	✅
LogMe	logme	✅
MariaDB	mariadb	✅
MongoDB Flex	mongodbflex	✅
Object Storage	object-storage	✅
OpenSearch	opensearch	✅
PostgreSQL Flex	postgresflex	✅
RabbitMQ	rabbitmq	✅
Redis	redis	✅
Resource Manager	project	✅
Secrets Manager	secrets-manager	✅
Server Backup Management	beta server backup	✅ (beta)
Server Command (Run Command)	beta server command	✅ (beta)
Service Account	service-account	✅
SQLServer Flex	beta sqlserverflex	✅ (beta)

Authentication

Most of the commands will require you to be authenticated. Currently, it's possible to authenticate with your personal user or with a service account.

After successful authentication, the CLI stores credentials in your OS keychain. You won't need to log in again for the duration of your session, which is 2h by default but configurable by providing the --session-time-limit flag on the config set command (see Configuration).

Login with a personal user account

To authenticate as a user, run the command below and follow the steps in your browser.

stackit auth login

Activate a service account

To authenticate using a service account, run:

stackit auth activate-service-account

For more details on how to set up authentication using a service account, check our authentication guide.

Configuration

You can configure the CLI using the command:

stackit config

The configuration is saved in a file. The file's location varies depending on the operating system:

• Unix - $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/stackit/cli-config.json
• MacOS - $HOME/Library/Application Support/stackit/cli-config.json
• Windows - %AppData%\stackit\cli-config.json

The configuration options apply to all commands and can be set using the stackit config set command. For example, you can set a default project-id by running:

stackit config set --project-id xxxx-xxxx-xxxxx

To remove it, you can run:

stackit config unset --project-id

Run the config set command with the flag --help to get a list of all the available configuration options.

You can look up your current configuration by checking the configuration file or by running:

stackit config list

You can also edit the configuration file manually.

Customization

Pager

To specify a custom pager, use the PAGER environment variable.

If the variable is not set, STACKIT CLI uses the less as default pager.

When using less as a pager, STACKIT CLI will automatically pass following options

• -F, --quit-if-one-screen - Less will automatically exit if the entire file can be displayed on the first screen.
• -S, --chop-long-lines - Lines longer than the screen width will be chopped rather than being folded.
• -w, --hilite-unread - Temporarily highlights the first "new" line after a forward movement of a full page.
• -R, --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS - ANSI color and style sequences will be interpreted.

These options will not be added automatically if a custom pager is defined.

In that case, users can define the parameters by using the specific environment variable required by the PAGER (if supported).

For example, if user sets the PAGER environment variable to less and would like to pass some arguments, LESS environment variable must be used as following:

export PAGER="less"

export LESS="-R"

Autocompletion

If you wish to set up command autocompletion in your shell for the STACKIT CLI, please refer to our autocompletion guide.

Reporting issues

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue in the repository.

Contribute

Your contribution is welcome! For more details on how to contribute, refer to our contribution guide.

License

Apache 2.0

Useful Links

• STACKIT Portal

• STACKIT

• STACKIT Knowledge Base

• STACKIT Terraform Provider