SYNOPSIS

profitbricks-client [OPTIONS] --help [call]

profitbricks-client [OPTIONS] --list [keyword]

profitbricks-client [OPTIONS] call [per-call-arguments]

DESCRIPTION

The ProfitBricks client can be used to manage your data centers through ProfitBricks’ public API.

OPTIONS

-h [call], --help [call]

Display a list of options if no call is specified. Optional call displays detailed usage information for the given call.

-l [keyword], --list [keyword]

List all available calls. Optional keyword refines the list to display only calls listed under the keyword header. Available keywords are: DataCenter, Firewall, Image, InternetAccess, LoadBalancer, Nic, Notifications, PublicIp, RomDrive, Server, Snapshot, and Storage.

call

Execute call. Additional parameters required, depending on choice of call. Use --list to get an overview of available calls.

--usernameusername

username used for making the API call. The username stored in the configuration file is used if no username is specified on the command line. If no username is stored in the configuration file, the user will get prompted to enter their username.

--passwordpassword

plain text password used for making the API call. When no password or password file is specified on the command line, the password stored in the configuration file will be used or the users keyring will be queried (if the Python keyring module is installed). If no password is found, the user will get prompted to enter their password.

--password-filepassword-filename

file containing the plain text password. The file must contain only one line with the password to use. See --password for details.

--clear-credentials

Clear all stored user credentials from the configuration file and the keyring.

--api-version [version]

Configure which version of the API is used for making the calls. If version is left unspecified, the CLI will update to the most recent compatible release of the API.

--endpointURL

Point the CLI at a URL of the user's choice.

--clear-cache

Updates to the latest version of the ProfitBricks WSDL.

-v, --verbose

Print data on the outgoing call to stderr. By default, print only response data (on stdout).

--xml

Returns an XML formatted version of the response.

AUTHOR

Benjamin Drung <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT

2014, ProfitBricks GmbH