WWCTL(1)

📦 version 4.7.1, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 WWCTL(1) — the wwctl girlies' guide (section 1 of the manual, bestie)

okay so real quick: this whole page lives in manual section 1, and the command we're fangirling over is wwctl-profile-add. she's the one who adds a brand-new node profile. slay. let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

wwctl-profile-add — adds a whole new node profile to the mix, periodt 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

wwctl profile add PROFILE

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. 🦋

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so what this command does — and I'm obsessed with how simple it is — is it adds a new named PROFILE. that's the tea. you give it a name, it makes a profile. iconic behaviour, no notes. ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

so like… this command has a lot of options. not me counting them all, but I literally did, and every single one is here, bestie. no cap, nothing skipped. 🫶

  • -c, --cluster="" — the cluster group
  • --comment="" — an arbitrary string comment (say what you want, it's a free-for-all)
  • --diskname="" — sets the diskdevice name
  • --diskwipe[=] — whether or not the partition tables shall be wiped
  • --fsformat="" — the format of the file system
  • --fsname="" — sets the file system name, which must match a partition name, ok? they have to match. iykyk
  • --fspath="" — the mount point of the file system
  • --fswipe[=] — wipe the file system at boot
  • -G, --gateway= — the node's IPv4 network device gateway
  • --gateway6= — the node's IPv6 network device gateway
  • -h, --help[=false] — help for add (the classic)
  • -H, --hwaddr="" — the device's HW address for the given network
  • --image="" — image name
  • -i, --init="" — the init process to boot the image
  • -I, --ipaddr= — IPv4 address in the given network
  • --ipaddr6= — IPv6 address in the given network
  • --ipmiaddr= — the IPMI IP address
  • --ipmiescapechar="" — the IPMI escape character (defaults: '~')
  • --ipmigateway= — the IPMI gateway
  • --ipmiinterface="" — the node's IPMI interface (defaults: 'lan')
  • --ipminetmask= — the IPMI netmask
  • --ipmipass="" — the IPMI password
  • --ipmiport="" — the IPMI port
  • --ipmitagadd=[] — add ipmi tags
  • --ipmitemplate="" — template used for ipmi command
  • --ipmiuser="" — the IPMI username
  • --ipmiwrite[=] — writing of IPMI configuration (true/false)
  • --ipxe="" — the iPXE template name
  • -A, --kernelargs=[] — kernel arguments
  • --kernelversion="" — kernel version
  • --mtu="" — the MTU
  • -N, --netdev="" — the device for the given network
  • -M, --netmask= — the network's netmask
  • --netname="default" — network which is modified (defaults to default, obvi)
  • --nettagadd=[] — add network tags
  • --onboot[=] — network device (true/false)
  • --partcreate[=] — create the partition if it does not exist
  • --partname="" — set the partition name so it can be used by a file system
  • --partnumber="" — the partition number (if not set, the next free slot is used)
  • --partsize="" — the partition size (if not set, the maximum possible size is used)
  • --parttype="" — the partition type GUID
  • --partwipe[=] — if true, Ignition will clobber an existing partition if it does not match the config (yeah, clobber. she said what she said 💀)
  • --prefixlen6="" — the network's IPv6 prefix length
  • -p, --primarynet="" — the primary network interface
  • -P, --profile=[] — the node's profile members (comma separated)
  • --root="" — the rootfs
  • -R, --runtime-overlays=[] — the runtime overlay
  • -O, --system-overlays=[] — the system overlay
  • --tagadd=[] — add tags
  • -T, --type="" — device type of the given network
ok but like — a bunch of these are [=] flags, meaning they take an optional value, and a bunch are [] lists. don't come for me, I'm just reading the page. 🙈

🧚 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🧚

these ones aren't even hers, she's just borrowing them from her parent commands, and honestly? generous of her. 💜

  • -d, --debug[=false] — Run with debugging messages enabled.
  • -v, --verbose[=false] — Run with increased verbosity.
  • --warewulfconf="" — Set the warewulf configuration file

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • wwctl-profile(1) — go read that one too, bestie, they're a matching set 💖

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

16-Sep-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra ✨ (the robots did this one, not me)

and that's the page!! 🌈 this whole thing was Auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Sep 2026, and it's out here living its best life as WWCTL(1) in manual section 1. mwah 💋 go add some profiles, you're gonna slay 🎀💖

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