Updates a device.
Updates the hostname of a device. Updates or adds a description, tags, userdata, custom data, and iPXE settings for an already provisioned device. Can also lock or unlock future changes to the device.
metal device update -i <device_id> [-H <hostname>] [-d <description>] [--locked <boolean>] [-t <tags>] [-u <userdata> | --userdata-file <filepath>] [-c <customdata>] [-s <ipxe_script_url>] [--always-pxe=<true|false>] [flags]
# Updates the hostname of a device:
metal device update --id 30c15082-a06e-4c43-bfc3-252616b46eba --hostname renamed-staging04
-a, --always-pxe Updates the always_pxe toggle for the device (<true|false>).
-c, --customdata string Adds or updates custom data to be included with your device's metadata.
-d, --description string Adds or updates the description for the device.
-h, --help help for update
-H, --hostname string The new hostname of the device.
-i, --id string The UUID of the device.
-s, --ipxe-script-url string Add or update the URL of the iPXE script.
-l, --locked Locks or unlocks the device for future changes (<true|false>).
-t, --tags strings Adds or updates the tags for the device --tags="tag1,tag2".
-u, --userdata string Adds or updates the userdata for the device.
--userdata-file string Path to a userdata file for device initialization. Can not be used with --userdata.
--config string Path to JSON or YAML configuration file (METAL_CONFIG)
--exclude strings Comma separated Href references to collapse in results, may be dotted three levels deep
--filter stringArray Filter 'get' actions with name value pairs. Filter is not supported by all resources and is implemented as request query parameters.
--http-header strings Headers to add to requests (in format key=value)
--include strings Comma separated Href references to expand in results, may be dotted three levels deep
-o, --output string Output format (*table, json, yaml). env output formats are (*sh, terraform, capp).
--search string Search keyword for use in 'get' actions. Search is not supported by all resources.
--sort-by string Sort fields for use in 'get' actions. Sort is not supported by all resources.
--sort-dir string Sort field direction for use in 'get' actions. Sort is not supported by all resources.
--token string Metal API Token (METAL_AUTH_TOKEN)
- metal device - Device operations: create, get, update, delete, reinstall, start, stop, and reboot.