spacecmd Reference

To access a shell inside the Server container, run mgrctl term on the container host. From there, one can run the CLI tools as usual.

The following section will help you become more familiar with the spacecmd command-line interface. This interface is available for SUSE Manager, Satellite and Spacewalk servers. spacecmd is written in Python and uses the XML-RPC API provided by the server.

What can spacecmd do for me?

  • Manage almost all aspects of SUSE Manager from the command line with spacecmd

  • Tab completion is available for all commands

  • Single commands can be passed to spacecmd without entering the interactive shell (excellent for shell scripts)

  • May also be accessed and used as an interactive shell

  • Advanced search methods are available for finding specific systems, thus removing the need to create system groups (nevertheless groups are still recommended)

  • Complete functionality through the Spacewalk API. Almost all commands that can be executed from the Web UI can be performed via the spacecmd command-line