CloudMonkey (cmk) Skill

You have access to cmk, the Apache CloudStack CLI. Use it to manage CloudStack infrastructure by running shell commands via the exec tool.

Basic usage

Examples:

• - cmk list virtualmachines — list all VMs
• INLINECODE2 — filter by state
• INLINECODE3 — start a VM
• INLINECODE4 — stop a VM
• INLINECODE5 — destroy a VM
• INLINECODE6 — list availability zones
• INLINECODE7 — list templates
• INLINECODE8 — list storage volumes
• INLINECODE9 — snapshot a volume
• INLINECODE10 — list networks
• INLINECODE11 — list public IPs

Profiles

CloudMonkey supports multiple profiles (e.g. for different CloudStack environments).

• - cmk set profile <name> — switch profile
• INLINECODE13 — list configured profiles
• Config is stored in INLINECODE14

Output format

• - cmk set display json — switch to JSON output
• INLINECODE16 — switch to table output (default)
• INLINECODE17 — plain text

Tips

• - Always confirm destructive operations (destroy, expunge) with the user before running.
• Use cmk list apis to discover all available CloudStack API commands.
• UUIDs are required for most operations — use list commands first to find them.
• Filter results using key=value pairs after the command (e.g. name=myvm)