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Scaleway CLI

Manage Scaleway cloud resources from the terminal

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Cloud & Services linuxmacoswindows Go Apache-2.0

Description

scw is the official command-line interface for Scaleway, the European cloud provider. It provides full access to Scaleway products including instances, Kubernetes (Kapsule), serverless functions and containers, managed databases, object storage, and more, all from the terminal.

Install

homebrewbrew install scw

AI Summary

Official Scaleway CLI (scw) for managing European cloud infrastructure including instances, Kubernetes, serverless, databases, and object storage from the terminal.

Capabilities

  • + Create and manage cloud instances and bare metal servers
  • + Manage Kapsule Kubernetes clusters
  • + Deploy serverless functions and containers
  • + Provision managed databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis)
  • + Manage object storage buckets and DNS records
  • + Configure VPCs, security groups, and load balancers

Use When

  • → Managing Scaleway cloud infrastructure from the command line
  • → Deploying applications on European cloud infrastructure
  • → Scripting Scaleway resource provisioning and management
  • → Need GDPR-compliant European cloud hosting management

Avoid When

  • x Not using Scaleway as your cloud provider
  • x Need multi-cloud infrastructure management
  • x Prefer infrastructure as code over imperative CLI commands

Usage Patterns

Initialize the CLI

scw init

Interactive setup of credentials, default region, and project

Create an instance

scw instance server create type=DEV1-S image=ubuntu_jammy name=my-server

Creates a DEV1-S instance with Ubuntu 22.04

List all instances as JSON

scw instance server list -o json

Lists all instances with full details in JSON format

Create a Kubernetes cluster

scw k8s cluster create name=my-cluster version=1.29 cni=cilium

Creates a Kapsule cluster with Cilium CNI

Input / Output

stdin: Accepts interactive input during initialization and confirmations
stdout: Resource listings and operation results in table or JSON format
stderr: Error messages and API errors

Typical Pipelines

scw instance server list -o json | jq '.[].public_ip.address' to extract all server IPs
scw k8s cluster install-kubeconfig CLUSTER_ID && kubectl get pods to connect to a Kapsule cluster
scw instance server list -o json | jq '.[] | select(.state=="running") | .name' to find running instances

Related Tools

hcloud alternative

Hetzner Cloud CLI manages a competing European cloud provider
vultr-cli alternative

Vultr CLI manages a different cloud provider with global regions
kubectl complementary

kubectl manages workloads on Kapsule clusters provisioned by scw
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