Quickstart

Setup

To install and use the CLI, run these commands:

pip install pulp-cli[pygments]
pulp config create -e

Read the installation and configuration doc for more information.

General command syntax

pulp [<global_options>] <plugin> <resource_class> [--type <resource_type>] <action> [<action_options>]

Global options include:

• --base-url
• --user
• --password
• --config
• --profile
• --format
• -v/-vv/-vvv

Example commands

pulp status

pulp file repository list

pulp file repository create --name file_repo1

pulp file repository update --name file_repo1 --description "Contains plain files"

pulp file repository destroy --name file_repo1

To learn about the structure of a command, you can use the --help option with any (in-)complete command.

Shell Completion

The CLI uses the click package which supports shell completion. To configure this, check out click's documentation. As an example, here is what to add to your ~/.bashrc file if you're using bash:

eval "$(_PULP_COMPLETE=source_bash pulp)"