Softlayer CLI Client

Simple command-line API for Softlayer.

Usage

After the usual gem install softlayer-cli, run sl help.

VPN

Requires ArrayVPN installed at /usr/local/array_vpn/array_vpnc and the Lastpass CLI lpass available.

• sl vpn start launches the ArrayVPN client
• sl vpn status checks whether a tun interface exists
• sl vpn stop halts the ArrayVPN client

Server List

SOFTLAYER_API_USER and SOFTLAYER_API_KEY need to be set as environment variable.

• sl servers list --tags "deployment:concourse" shows all machines that are tagged with deployment:concourse
• sl server show 12345 prints details about a single machine with that id
• sl server show 1.2.3.4 prints details about a single machine with that IP address