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Vultr CLI

Manage Vultr cloud infrastructure from the command line

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Description

Vultr CLI is the official command-line tool for managing Vultr cloud infrastructure. It provides access to all Vultr API features including instances, Kubernetes, databases, object storage, DNS, and networking from the terminal.

Install

homebrewbrew install vultr-cli

AI Summary

Official Vultr CLI for managing cloud instances, Kubernetes clusters, databases, object storage, DNS, and networking from the terminal.

Capabilities

  • + Create and manage cloud compute instances
  • + Manage Vultr Kubernetes Engine (VKE) clusters
  • + Provision managed databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis)
  • + Manage DNS domains and records
  • + Handle snapshots, backups, and ISO management
  • + Manage object storage and block storage

Use When

  • → Managing Vultr cloud resources from the terminal
  • → Scripting Vultr infrastructure provisioning
  • → Need quick instance creation and management without the web UI
  • → Automating Vultr operations in deployment scripts

Avoid When

  • x Not using Vultr as your cloud provider
  • x Need multi-cloud management across providers
  • x Want infrastructure as code with state management (use Pulumi or Terraform)

Usage Patterns

Create a compute instance

vultr-cli instance create --region ewr --plan vc2-1c-1gb --os 387 --label my-server

Creates a 1 vCPU/1GB instance in New Jersey with Ubuntu

List all instances

vultr-cli instance list

Shows all active compute instances with their details

Create a Kubernetes cluster

vultr-cli kubernetes create --region ewr --label my-cluster --version v1.29 --node-pools 'quantity:2,plan:vc2-2c-4gb,label:workers'

Creates a Kubernetes cluster with a 2-node worker pool

Input / Output

stdin: Minimal stdin usage; parameters passed as flags
stdout: Resource listings and operation results in table format
stderr: Error messages and API errors

Typical Pipelines

vultr-cli instance list | grep active to find running instances
vultr-cli kubernetes get-config CLUSTER_ID > kubeconfig.yaml && export KUBECONFIG=kubeconfig.yaml to fetch and use cluster credentials
vultr-cli snapshot create --instance-id ID --description backup to create an instance snapshot

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kubectl complementary

kubectl manages workloads on Kubernetes clusters provisioned by Vultr
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