The Linode Command Line Interface
From pypi:
pip install linode-cli
From source:
git clone git@github.com:linode/linode-cli.git cd linode-cli make install SPEC=https://developers.linode.com/openapi.yaml
This will need to be repeated on each pull.
The Linode CLI is invoked with the linode-cli. The CLI accepts two primary arguments, command and action:
linode-cli <command> <action>
command is the part of the CLI you are interacting with, for example "linodes". You can see a list of all available commands by using --help:
linode-cli --help
action is the action you want to perform on a given command, for example "list". You can see a list of all available actions for a command with the --help for that command:
linode-cli linodes --help
Some actions don't require any parameters, but many do. To see details on how to invoke a specific action, use --help for that action:
linode-cli linodes create --help
The first time you invoke the CLI, you will be asked to configure it with a token, and optionally select some default values for "region," "image," and "type." If you configure these defaults, you may omit them as parameters to actions and the default value will be used.
List Linodes:
linode-cli linodes list
List Linodes in a Region:
linode-cli linodes list --region us-east
Make a Linode:
linode-cli linodes create --type g5-standard-2 --region us-east --image linode/debian9 --label cli-1 --root_pass hunter7
Make a Linode using Default Settings:
linode-cli linodes create --label cli-2 --root_pass hunter7
Reboot a Linode:
linode-cli linodes reboot 12345
View available Linode types:
linode-cli linodes types
View your Volumes:
linode-cli volumes list
View your Domains:
linode-cli domains list
View records for a single Domain:
linode-cli domains records-list 12345
View your user:
linode-cli profile view
If your token expires or you want to otherwise change your configuration, simply run the configure command:
linode-cli configure
If you configured default values for image, region, and Linode type, they will be sent for all requests that accept them if you do not specify a different value. If you want to send a request without these arguments, you must invoke the CLI with the --no-defaults option. For example, to create a Linode with no image after a default Image has been configured, you would do this:
linode-cli linodes create --region us-east --type g5-standard-2 --no-defaults
By default, the CLI displays on some pre-selected fields for a given type of response. If you want to see everything, just ask:
linode-cli linodes list --all
Using --all will cause the CLI to display all returned columns of output. Note that this will probably be hard to read on normal-sized screens for most actions.
If you want even finer control over your output, you can request specific columns be displayed:
linode-cli linodes list --format 'id,region,status,disk,memory,vcpus,transfer'
This will show some identifying information about your Linode as well as the resources it has access to. Some of these fields would be hidden by default - that's ok. If you ask for a field, it'll be displayed.
While the CLI by default outputs human-readable tables of data, you can use the CLI to generate output that is easier to process.
To get more machine-readable output, simply request it:
linode-cli linodes list --text
If a tab is a bad delimiter, you can configure that as well:
linode-cli linodes list --text --delimiter ';'
You may also disable header rows (in any output format):
linode-cli linodes list --no-headers --text
To get JSON output from the CLI, simple request it:
linode-cli linodes list --json --all
While the --all is optional, you probably want to see all output fields in your JSON output. If you want your JSON pretty-printed, we can do that too:
linode-cli linodes list --json --pretty --all
This CLI is generated based on the OpenAPI specification for Linode's API. As such, many changes are made directly to the spec.
In order to be more useful, the following Specification Extensions have been added to Linode's OpenAPI spec:
| Attribute | Location | Purpose |
| x-linode-cli-display | property | If truthy, displays this as a column in output. If a number, determines the ordering (left to right). |
| x-linode-cli-command | path | The command name for operations under this path. If not present, "default" is used. |
| x-linode-cli-action | method | The action name for operations under this path. If not present, operationId is used. |
| x-linode-cli-color | property | If present, defines key-value pairs of property value: color. Colors must be understood by colorclass.Color. Must include a default_ |
| x-linode-cli-skip | path | If present and truthy, this method will not be available in the CLI. |