Accessing IBM Multicloud Manager with the CLI

To access IBM Multicloud Manager through the CLI, you need to have mcmctl CLI configured. See the Installing and Configuring the IBM Multicloud Manager CLI section in Installing IBM Multicloud Manager. With the CLI configured, you can get clusters, pods, or other cluster resources. You can also deploy Helm charts, and initiate policy checks.

IBM Multicloud Manager general CLI commands (mcmctl)

Learn about the general mcmctl commands that you can run to access your IBM Multicloud Manager cluster.

• mcmctl create
• mcmctl delete
• mcmctl deploy
• mcmctl describe
• mcmctl help

Usage: mcmctl [flags] mcmctl [command]

Flags:

      --alsologtostderr                  log to standard error as well as files
      --cluster-namespace string         namespace of the cluster (default "default")
  -c, --cluster-selector string          Selector (label query) to filter on clusters, supports '=', '==', and '!='.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2)
  -h, --help                             help for mcmctl
      --kubeconfig string                path to kubeconfig file. Overrides $KUBECONFIG (default "/home/ubuntu/.kube/config")
      --log-backtrace-at traceLocation   when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
      --log-dir string                   If non-empty, write log files in this directory
      --log-flush-frequency duration     Maximum number of seconds between log flushes (default 5s)
      --logtostderr                      log to standard error instead of files (default true)
      --stderrthreshold severity         logs at or above this threshold go to stderr (default 2)
  -v, --v Level                          log level for V logs
      --vmodule moduleSpec               comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging

mcmctl create

mcmctl create: View the API endpoint and API version for the service.

Example

  mcmctl create <helm repo>

mcmctl delete

mcmctl delete: Delete resources by filenames, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector.

Example

  mcmctl delete <deployable trader>

  mcmctl delete <helmrepo incubator>

mcmctl deploy

mcmctl deploy: Deploy an application.

Example

  mcmctl deploy application -f <deployable.yaml>

mcmctl describe

mcmctl describe: Show details of a specific resource or group of resources.

Example

  mcmctl describe <helmrepo incubator>

  mcmctl describe <application trader>

mcmctl get

mcmctl get: Get list of the most important information about the requested resource.

Example

  mcmctl get <clusters>

  mcmctl get <applications>