c8y(1)
c8y(1) β bestie's guide to c8y-deviceregistration-register-basic π
okay so welcome to the c8y(1) manual page for the command that is lowkey the main character of device registration. It's called c8y-deviceregistration-register-basic, and it helps you register a device with username/password credentials. No cap, that's the whole vibe. π«Ά
πΈ NAME πΈ
c8y-deviceregistration-register-basic β registers a device with username/password credentials. That's it, that's the icon. β¨
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
c8y deviceregistration register-basic [flags]
π DESCRIPTION π
This command registers a brand-new device, and that device authenticates with username/password credentials. Literally the basic-auth bestie of the device registration world. π
π OPTIONS π
-d,--data=[]β static data to be applied to body. accepts json or shorthand json, i.e.--data 'value1=1,my.nested.value=100'. π--external-type="c8y_Serial"β The type of the external ID. IfIDTYPEdoesn't appear in the file, the default value is used. The default value isc8y_Serial. π«--group=""β The path in the groups hierarchy where the device is added. PATH contains the name of each group separated by/, that is:main_group/sub_group/.../last_sub_group. If a group does not exist, the import creates the group. π¦-h,--help[=false]β help forregister-basic. π--iccid=""β The ICCID of the device (SIM card number). If the ICCID appears in file, the import adds a fragmentc8y_Mobile.iccid. πΈ--id=[]β Device identifier. Max: 1000 characters. E.g. IMEI (required) (accepts pipeline). π--name=""β Device name. Defaults to the external id. β¨--password=""β Device password. Leave blank for a randomly generated password. π₯--processingMode=""β Cumulocity processing mode. π--template=""β Body template. π--templateVars=[]β Body template variables. π--tenant=""β The ID of the tenant for which the registration is executed (only allowed for the management tenant). β--type="thin-edge.io"β Device type. π¦
π¦ OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS π¦
--abortOnErrors=10β Abort batch when reaching specified number of errors. π--allowEmptyPipe[=false]β Don't fail when piped input is empty (stdin). π«Ά--cache[=false]β Enable cached responses. π--cacheBodyPaths=[]β Cache should limit hashing of selected paths in the json body. Empty indicates all values. πΈ--cacheTTL="60s"β Cache time-to-live (TTL) as a duration, i.e.60s,2m. β¨-c,--compact[=false]β Compact instead of pretty-printed output when using json output. Pretty print is the default if output is the terminal. π--confirm[=false]β Prompt for confirmation. π--confirmText=""β Custom confirmation text. π--currentPage=0β Current page which should be returned. π--customQueryParam=[]β add custom URL query parameters. i.e.--customQueryParam 'withCustomOption=true,myOtherOption=myvalue'. π--debug[=false]β Set very verbose log messages. π₯--delay="0ms"β delay after each request, i.e.5ms,1.2s. β--delayBefore="0ms"β delay before each request, i.e.5ms,1.2s. π«--dry[=false]β Dry run. Don't send any data to the server. π§--dryFormat="markdown"β Dry run output format. i.e.json,dump,markdownorcurl. π--examples[=false]β Show examples for the current command. π--filter=[]β Apply a client side filter to response before returning it to the user. πΈ--flatten[=false]β flatten json output by replacing nested json properties with properties where their names are represented by dot notation. π¦-f,--force[=false]β Do not prompt for confirmation. Ignored when using--confirm. π-H,--header=[]β custom headers. i.e.--header "Accept: value, AnotherHeader: myvalue". β¨--includeAll[=false]β Include all results by iterating through each page. π-k,--insecure[=false]β Allow insecure server connections when using SSL. π₯-l,--logMessage=""β Add custom message to the activity log. π--maxJobs=0β Maximum number of jobs.0= unlimited (use with caution!). π--noAccept[=false]β Ignore Accept header will remove the Accept header from requests, however PUT and POST requests will only see the effect. π«Ά--noCache[=false]β Force disabling of cached responses (overwrites cache setting). π-M,--noColor[=false]β Don't use colors when displaying log entries on the console. πΈ--noLog[=false]β Disables the activity log for the current command. β¨--noProgress[=false]β Disable progress bars. π--noProxy[=false]β Ignore the proxy settings. π-n,--nullInput[=false]β Don't read the input (stdin). Useful if using in shell for/while loops. π-o,--output="table"β Output format i.e.table,json,csv,csvheader. π--outputFile=""β Save JSON output to file (after select/view). π--outputFileRaw=""β Save raw response to file (before select/view). π₯--outputTemplate=""β jsonnet template to apply to the output. β-p,--pageSize=5β Maximum results per page. π«--progress[=false]β Show progress bar. This will also disable any other verbose output. π§--proxy=""β Proxy setting, i.e.http://10.0.0.1:8080. π-r,--raw[=false]β Show raw response. This mode will forceoutput=jsonandview=off. π--retries=3β Max number of attempts when a failed http call is encountered. πΈ--select=[]β Comma separated list of properties to return. wildcards and globstar accepted, i.e.--select 'id,name,type,**.serialNumber'. π¦--session=""β Session configuration. π--sessionMode=""β Override default session mode for a single command which would normally be disabled. β¨-P,--sessionPassword=""β Override session password. π-U,--sessionUsername=""β Override session username. i.e.peterort1234/peter(with tenant). π--silentExit[=false]β Silent status codes do not affect the exit code. π--silentStatusCodes=""β Status codes which will not print out an error message. π₯--timeout="600s"β Request timeout duration, i.e.60s,2m. β--totalPages=0β Total number of pages to get. π«-v,--verbose[=false]β Verbose logging. π§--view="auto"β Use views when displaying data on the terminal. Disable using--view off. π--withError[=false]β Errors will be printed on stdout instead of stderr. π--withTotalElements[=false]β Request Cumulocity to include the total elements in the response statistics under.statistics.totalElements(introduced in10.13). πΈ-t,--withTotalPages[=false]β Request Cumulocity to include the total pages in the response statistics under.statistics.totalPages. π¦--workers=1β Number of workers. π
π EXAMPLE π
Bestie, when you want a random password printed on the console, run this:
$ c8y deviceregistration register-basic --id "ASDF098SD1J10912UD92JDLCNCU8"
Register a new device using BASIC authentication and generate a random password (printed on the console). π«Ά
When you want to specify the password yourself, run this:
$ c8y deviceregistration register-basic --id "ASDF098SD1J10912UD92JDLCNCU8" --password "RqzwJeTusABlk4)KmtIc"
Register a new device using a user specified password. β¨
And when you're piping in a couple of devices, run this:
$ echo -e "device1\ndevice2" | c8y deviceregistration register-basic --type linux --template "{name: input.value}"
Register 2 devices, and set the names based on their external id (using basic auth). π
π SEE ALSO π
That's the whole c8y(1) glowed-up manual moment, bestie β source/version: c8y(1), dated Jan 1980, vintage but still iconic. πβ¨
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: go-c8y-cli 2.56.1
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