about automating with seqcli

[bytejunkie]

I'd like to automate the config of our new Seq instance and all further config items on it, but I think I'm missing the point with the dockerimage a little.

I was hoping to be able to run the cli image at the command line somthing like this

docker run datalust/seqcli:latest config -k connection.serverUrl -v https://192.168.1.226:80 
docker run datalust/seqcli:latest config -k connection.apiKey -v RqoggnnJc9 #not a real key
docker run datalust/seqcli:latest apikey create -t 'Test API Key' -p Environment=Test

but of course, the commands work in the container, then exit.

I've tried daisy chaining them into a multiline command but this didn't work.

Usage: seqcli <command> [<args>]
Type `seqcli help` for available commands

I'd like to use this in a pipeline to create users or apikeys automatically. I've worked out i can override the entrypoint and then run the commands manually, but i thought at this point with a few hours into it and not seeing an obvious route forwards it might be best to ask how others are using the tool in pipelines?

[liammclennan]

Hi @bytejunkie

You can supply the serverUrl and apiKey as options (-s and a) to the apikey create command, to avoid having to run multiple commands. I need to work out why what you've done doesn't work, but I believe this should:

docker run datalust/seqcli:latest apikey create -t 'Test API Key' -p Environment=Test -s https://192.168.1.226:80  -a RqoggnnJc9

[liammclennan]

@bytejunkie you can also set the environment variables SEQCLI_CONNECTION_SERVERURL and SEQCLI_CONNECTION_APIKEY

[bytejunkie]

brilliant, ive managed to get the command you sent to create an API Key. I dont know why i didnt realise i can pass the server and key on the command, apologies I feel like I ought to have been able to find that.

I'll test the env vars too. I saw an issue about them, but I dont think I saw them in the docco.

Thanks. looking forward to automating this now.

[liammclennan]

@bytejunkie that's great.

The environment variables are new, and were missing the documentation. It is there now. https://docs.datalust.co/docs/command-line-client#environment-variable-overrides

[nblumhardt]

Sorry, looks like we have this out-of-sequence, environment variable overrides aren't in yet (see #295)

[nblumhardt]

We'll close this as a duplicate and track in #295