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Command-line Interface

The SoftLayer command line interface is available via the sl command available in your PATH. The sl command is a reference implementation of SoftLayer API bindings for python and how to efficiently make API calls. See the :ref:`usage-examples` section to see how to discover all of the functionality not fully documented here.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   cli/vs

Configuration Setup

To update the configuration, you can use sl config setup.

$ sl config setup
Username []: username
API Key or Password []:
Endpoint (public|private|custom): public
:..............:..................................................................:
:         Name : Value                                                            :
:..............:..................................................................:
:     Username : username                                                         :
:      API Key : oyVmeipYQCNrjVS4rF9bHWV7D75S6pa1fghFl384v7mwRCbHTfuJ8qRORIqoVnha :
: Endpoint URL : https://api.softlayer.com/xmlrpc/v3/                             :
:..............:..................................................................:
Are you sure you want to write settings to "/path/to/home/.softlayer"? [y/N]: y

To check the configuration, you can use sl config show.

$ sl config show
:..............:..................................................................:
:         Name : Value                                                            :
:..............:..................................................................:
:     Username : username                                                         :
:      API Key : oyVmeipYQCNrjVS4rF9bHWV7D75S6pa1fghFl384v7mwRCbHTfuJ8qRORIqoVnha :
: Endpoint URL : https://api.softlayer.com/xmlrpc/v3/                             :
:..............:..................................................................:

To see more about the config file format, see :ref:`config_file`.

Usage Examples

To discover the available commands, simply type sl.

$ sl
Usage: sl [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  SoftLayer Command-line Client

Options:
  --format [table|raw|json]  Output format
  -C, --config PATH          Config file location
  --debug [0|1|2|3]          Sets the debug noise level
  -v, --verbose              Sets the debug noise level
  --timings                  Time each API call and display after results
  --proxy TEXT               HTTP[S] proxy to be use to make API calls
  -y, --really               Confirm all prompt actions
  --fixtures                 Use fixtures instead of actually making API calls
  --version                  Show the version and exit.
  --help                     Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  cdn        Content Delivery Network.
  config     CLI configuration.
  dns        Domain Name System.
  firewall   Firewalls.
  globalip   Global IP addresses.
  image      Compute images.
  iscsi      iSCSI storage.
  loadbal    Load balancers.
  messaging  Message queue service.
  metadata   Find details about this machine.
  nas        Network Attached Storage.
  rwhois     Referral Whois.
  server     Hardware servers.
  snapshot   Snapshots.
  sshkey     SSH Keys.
  ssl        SSL Certificates.
  subnet     Network subnets.
  summary    Account summary.
  ticket     Support tickets.
  vlan       Network VLANs.
  vs         Virtual Servers.

  To use most commands your SoftLayer username and api_key need to be
  configured. The easiest way to do that is to use: 'sl config setup'

As you can see, there are a number of commands/sections. To look at the list of subcommands for virtual servers type sl vs. For example:

$ sl vs
Usage: sl vs [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Virtual Servers.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  cancel          Cancel virtual servers.
  capture         Capture SoftLayer image.
  create          Order/create virtual servers.
  create-options  Virtual server order options.
  detail          Get details for a virtual server.
  dns-sync        Sync DNS records.
  edit            Edit a virtual server's details.
  list            List virtual servers.
  network         Manage network settings.
  pause           Pauses an active virtual server.
  power_off       Power off an active virtual server.
  power_on        Power on a virtual server.
  ready           Check if a virtual server is ready.
  reboot          Reboot an active virtual server.
  reload          Reload operating system on a virtual server.
  rescue          Reboot into a rescue image.
  resume          Resumes a paused virtual server.
  upgrade         Upgrade a virtual server.

Finally, we can make an actual call. Let's list out the virtual servers on our account using sl vs list.

$ sl vs list
:.........:............:....................:.......:........:................:..............:....................:
:    id   : datacenter :       host         : cores : memory :   primary_ip   :  backend_ip  : active_transaction :
:.........:............:....................:.......:........:................:..............:....................:
: 1234567 :   dal05    :  test.example.com  :   4   :   4G   :    12.34.56    :   65.43.21   :         -          :
:.........:............:....................:.......:........:................:..............:....................:

Most commands will take in additional options/arguments. To see all available actions, use --help.

$ sl vs list --help
        Usage: sl vs list [OPTIONS]

  List virtual servers

Options:
  --sortby [id|datacenter|host|cores|memory|primary_ip|backend_ip]
                                  Column to sort by
  -c, --cpu INTEGER               Number of CPU cores
  -D, --domain TEXT               Domain portion of the FQDN
  -d, --datacenter TEXT           Datacenter shortname
  -H, --hostname TEXT             Host portion of the FQDN
  -m, --memory INTEGER            Memory in mebibytes
  -n, --network TEXT              Network port speed in Mbps
  --hourly                        Show only hourly instances
  --monthly                       Show only monthly instances
  --tags TEXT                     Show instances that have one of these comma-
                                  separated tags
  --help                          Show this message and exit.