Unless you are planning to manage an existing Ionoscloud environment, the first step will typically involve choosing the location for a new virtual data centerA list of locations can be obtained with location command.
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knife ionoscloud location list
Make a note of the desired location ID and now the data center can be created.
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knife ionoscloud datacenter create (options)
Available options:
Required options:
location
ionoscloud_url: --url URL
the Ionoscloud API URL
extra_config_file: --extra-config EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH, -e EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH
path to the additional config file
name: --name NAME, -n NAME
name of the data center
description: --description DESCRIPTION, -D DESCRIPTION
description of the data center
location: --location LOCATION, -l LOCATION
location of the data center (required)
ionoscloud_username: --username USERNAME, -u USERNAME
your Ionoscloud username
ionoscloud_password: --password PASSWORD, -p PASSWORD
your Ionoscloud password
ionoscloud_token: --token PASSWORD
your Ionoscloud access token
