Getting Started with mist command

The mist command line tool gets installed alongside mist.client package.

mist will prompt for your mist email and password. At the end it will ask you to create a config file ~/.mist. By having the config file you’ll be able to use mist command without providing your credentials every time. The config file will look like this:

[mist.io]
mist_uri=https://mist.io

[mist.credentials]
email=user@mist.io
password=mist_password

Note

In case you have a private installation of mist.io you can change the mist_uri to point to your custom url

To see your accounts’ specific information:

mist user info

Output:

User Details:
+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------------+------------------+
| country | company_name | number_of_servers |     name     | number_of_people |
+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------------+------------------+
|  Greece |     Mist     |        1-5        | John Doe     |       1-5        |
+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------------+------------------+

Current Plan:
+---------------+------------+---------+--------------------------+---------+-------------+---------------------------+
| machine_limit | promo_code |  title  |         started          | isTrial | has_expired |         expiration        |
+---------------+------------+---------+--------------------------+---------+-------------+---------------------------+
|       20      |            | Startup | Mon Oct 28 18:49:50 2013 |   True  |    False    | Mon Jun 24 19:41:35 29393 |
|               |            |         |                          |         |             |                           |
+---------------+------------+---------+--------------------------+---------+-------------+---------------------------+

General Usage

The command line tool is used as mist <action> <target> [--extra-params...]

A few examples of actions and targets:

List backends, machines, keys:

• mist list

mist list providers

Display specific information:

• mist show

mist show backend --name EC2NorthEast

Add new backends, keys:

• mist add

mist add backend --name EC2 --provider ec2_ap_northeast --key IUOOLK9098OLIU --secret sahkjlhadoiu098098lLKlkjlkj

Create a new machine:

• mist create

mist create machine --name dbServer

Delete/remove:

• mist delete

mist delete backend --id 3aJoiuYB9mpEHKJsqLdm1Z9p