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Usage examples

Once you’ve installed and configured ecctl you’re ready to take it for a test drive. Try these examples with basic Create, Read, Update and Delete operations using ecctl:

  • List deploymments
  • Create a deployment
  • Update a deployment
  • Delete a deployment

To compare the ecctl commands against their API equivalents, see the API examples.

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  • Elastic cloud control (ECCTL)
    • Installing
    • Configuring
      • Authentication
      • Example: A shared configuration file
      • Environment variables
      • Multiple configuration files
      • Output format
      • Custom formatting
    • Usage examples
      • List deployments
      • Create a deployment
      • Update a deployment
      • Delete a deployment
    • Command reference
      • ecctl
      • ecctl auth
      • ecctl auth key
      • ecctl auth key create
      • ecctl auth key delete
      • ecctl auth key list
      • ecctl auth key show
      • ecctl comment
      • ecctl comment create
      • ecctl comment delete
      • ecctl comment list
      • ecctl comment show
      • ecctl comment update
      • ecctl deployment
      • ecctl deployment create
      • ecctl deployment delete
      • ecctl deployment elasticsearch
      • ecctl deployment elasticsearch keystore
      • ecctl deployment elasticsearch keystore show
      • ecctl deployment elasticsearch keystore update
      • ecctl deployment extension
      • ecctl deployment extension create
      • ecctl deployment extension delete
      • ecctl deployment extension list
      • ecctl deployment extension show
      • ecctl deployment extension update
      • ecctl deployment list
      • ecctl deployment plan
      • ecctl deployment plan cancel
      • ecctl deployment resource
      • ecctl deployment resource delete
      • ecctl deployment resource restore
      • ecctl deployment resource shutdown
      • ecctl deployment resource start-maintenance
      • ecctl deployment resource start
      • ecctl deployment resource stop-maintenance
      • ecctl deployment resource stop
      • ecctl deployment resource upgrade
      • ecctl deployment restore
      • ecctl deployment resync
      • ecctl deployment search
      • ecctl deployment show
      • ecctl deployment shutdown
      • ecctl deployment template
      • ecctl deployment template create
      • ecctl deployment template delete
      • ecctl deployment template list
      • ecctl deployment template show
      • ecctl deployment template update
      • ecctl deployment traffic-filter
      • ecctl deployment traffic-filter association
      • ecctl deployment traffic-filter association create
      • ecctl deployment traffic-filter association delete
      • ecctl deployment traffic-filter create
      • ecctl deployment traffic-filter delete
      • ecctl deployment traffic-filter list
      • ecctl deployment traffic-filter show
      • ecctl deployment traffic-filter update
      • ecctl deployment update
      • ecctl generate
      • ecctl generate completions
      • ecctl generate docs
      • ecctl init
      • ecctl platform
      • ecctl platform allocator
      • ecctl platform allocator list
      • ecctl platform allocator maintenance
      • ecctl platform allocator metadata
      • ecctl platform allocator metadata delete
      • ecctl platform allocator metadata set
      • ecctl platform allocator metadata show
      • ecctl platform allocator search
      • ecctl platform allocator show
      • ecctl platform allocator vacate
      • ecctl platform constructor
      • ecctl platform constructor list
      • ecctl platform constructor maintenance
      • ecctl platform constructor resync
      • ecctl platform constructor show
      • ecctl platform enrollment-token
      • ecctl platform enrollment-token create
      • ecctl platform enrollment-token delete
      • ecctl platform enrollment-token list
      • ecctl platform info
      • ecctl platform instance-configuration
      • ecctl platform instance-configuration create
      • ecctl platform instance-configuration delete
      • ecctl platform instance-configuration list
      • ecctl platform instance-configuration pull
      • ecctl platform instance-configuration show
      • ecctl platform instance-configuration update
      • ecctl platform proxy
      • ecctl platform proxy filtered-group
      • ecctl platform proxy filtered-group create
      • ecctl platform proxy filtered-group delete
      • ecctl platform proxy filtered-group list
      • ecctl platform proxy filtered-group show
      • ecctl platform proxy filtered-group update
      • ecctl platform proxy list
      • ecctl platform proxy settings
      • ecctl platform proxy settings show
      • ecctl platform proxy settings update
      • ecctl platform proxy show
      • ecctl platform repository
      • ecctl platform repository create
      • ecctl platform repository delete
      • ecctl platform repository list
      • ecctl platform repository show
      • ecctl platform role
      • ecctl platform role create
      • ecctl platform role delete
      • ecctl platform role list
      • ecctl platform role show
      • ecctl platform role update
      • ecctl platform runner
      • ecctl platform runner list
      • ecctl platform runner resync
      • ecctl platform runner search
      • ecctl platform runner show
      • ecctl project
      • ecctl project create
      • ecctl project delete
      • ecctl project list
      • ecctl project show
      • ecctl stack
      • ecctl stack delete
      • ecctl stack list
      • ecctl stack show
      • ecctl stack upload
      • ecctl user
      • ecctl user create
      • ecctl user delete
      • ecctl user disable
      • ecctl user enable
      • ecctl user key
      • ecctl user key delete
      • ecctl user key list
      • ecctl user key show
      • ecctl user list
      • ecctl user show
      • ecctl user update
      • ecctl version
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