WWCTL(1)

📦 version 4.7.1, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 WWCTL(1) — the wwctl profile set glow-up guide

ok so real talk, bestie: you're in the WWCTL(1) manual page, and this is the page for wwctl-profile-set. Grab a 🍓 matcha, we're configuring node profile properties and it's gonna be iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

wwctl-profile-set — configure node profile properties 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

wwctl profile set [OPTIONS] [PROFILE ...] [flags]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This command sets configuration properties for the node PROFILE(s). Like, you point it at one or more profiles and it just… sets their config. main character behavior fr.

💀 big note, don't skip this: use the string 'UNSET' to remove a configuration. yes literally the word UNSET. that's how you delete a setting. no cap.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

okay there are a lot of these and honestly? each one ate. here we go:

  • -c, --cluster="" — the cluster group
  • --comment="" — an arbitrary string comment, for your little notes
  • --diskdel="" — delete the disk from the configuration
  • --diskname="" — set the diskdevice name
  • --diskwipe[=] — whether or not the partition tables shall be wiped
  • --fsdel="" — delete the fs from the configuration
  • --fsformat="" — the format of the file system
  • --fsname="" — set the file system name, which must match a partition name
  • --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 set
  • -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
  • --ipmitagdel=[] — delete ipmi tags
  • --ipmitemplate="" — the template used for the ipmi command
  • --ipmiuser="" — the IPMI username
  • --ipmiwrite[=] — writing of the IPMI configuration (true/false)
  • --ipxe="" — the iPXE template name
  • -A, --kernelargs=[] — kernel arguments
  • --kernelversion="" — kernel version
  • --mtu="" — the MTU
  • --netdel="" — the network to delete
  • -N, --netdev="" — the device for the given network
  • -M, --netmask= — the network's netmask
  • --netname="default" — the network which is modified (defaults to "default", she has a default 💅)
  • --nettagadd=[] — add network tags
  • --nettagdel=[] — delete network tags
  • --onboot[=] — network device (true/false)
  • --partcreate[=] — create the partition if it does not exist
  • --partdel="" — delete the partition from the configuration
  • --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
  • --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
  • --tagdel=[] — delete tags
  • -T, --type="" — device type of the given network
  • -y, --yes[=false] — set 'yes' to all questions asked (she said yes to everything, honestly relatable)
🙈 small warning bestie: --partwipe[=] when true means Ignition will clobber an existing partition that doesn't match the config. clobber. like, gone. be sure before you flex that flag.

🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these come from the parent command, so they're like the family friends of flags:

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

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

  • 16-Sep-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra

and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚💜 no cap, every single flag is here — go forth and set those profile properties. iykyk.

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