48.1 Ubuntu Linode CLI
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The linode CLI is nice and simple to use to manage your resources.
This will use a browser to log in and then set some (optional) defaults:
Welcome to the Linode CLI. This will walk you through some initial setup.
The CLI will use its web-based authentication to log you in.
If you prefer to supply a Personal Access Token, use `linode-cli configure --token`.
Press enter to continue. This will open a browser and proceed with authentication.
A browser should open directing you to this URL to authenticate:
...
Configuring account
Default Region for operations. Choices are:
1 - ap-west
2 - ca-central
3 - ap-southeast
4 - us-central
5 - us-west
6 - us-southeast
7 - us-east
8 - eu-west
9 - ap-south
10 - eu-central
11 - ap-northeast
Default Region (Optional): 3
Default Type of Linode to deploy. Choices are:
...
Config written to /home/kt/.config/linode-cli
...
To reconfigure, call `linode-cli configure`
For comprehensive documentation, visit https://www.linode.com/docs/api/
Notice that the defaults are saved into ~/.config/linode-cli
and can
be edited in there if needed, or else overridden on the command line.
┌──────────┬───────┬──────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────────┬─────────┬─────────────────┐
│ id │ label │ region │ type │ image │ status │ ipv4 │
├──────────┼───────┼──────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────────────┤
│ 12345678 │ myvm │ ap-southeast │ g6-standard-2 │ linode/ubuntu22.04 │ offline │ 170.178.104.101 │
└──────────┴───────┴──────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────────┴─────────┴─────────────────┘
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