Examples: Creating and Changing Cloud VM Sets

Below, we create a new Cloud VM Set called Amazon-EC2 then check to make sure that it has been created:

$ hicli cvmset new "Amazon-EC2" "Cloud Admin Group" --description="VMs running in Amazon Ubuntu-10.04,linux-12.10"
$ hicli cvmset list | grep Amazon-EC2
Amazon-EC2            Cloud Admin Group     VMs running in Amazon Ubuntu-10.04,linux-12.10

You can view details about an existing Cloud VM Set as follows:

$ hicli cvmset detail "Amazon-EC2"
Name                    Amazon-EC2
Admin Group             Cloud Admin Group
Guid                    d4a7093a-185e-11e8-a8fd-000c2997200a 
Description             VMs running in Amazon Ubuntu-10.04,linux-12.10
Unused Certificate Ids  4c81a042a60b11e2b5cf000c29ed8423
KeyIDs                  aws_key,test_key

To change properties use the hicli cvmset set command. For example:

$ hicli cvmset set "Amazon-EC2" --description="Amazon Southwest"

More attributes (default Heartbeat and Grace Period) may be specified using Cloud VM Set creation and modification:

$ hicli cvmset new "Amazon-EC2" "Cloud Admin Group" \
    --description="Amazon Southwest" --heartbeat=60 --grace=600
$ hicli cvmset set "Amazon-EC2" --group="Cloud Admin Group" \
    --description="Rackspace" --heartbeat=60 --grace=600