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v8x - The Vantage Compute CLI

The unified command-line interface for Vantage Compute​

v8x is the command-line interface for authenticating with Vantage Compute, managing profiles, registering cloud accounts, creating clusters, and launching supported deployment applications.

Quick Start​

Start with the Installation Guide, then authenticate and choose the Vantage environment you want to work with.

Authenticate​

v8x login
v8x whoami

Register a Local Cloud Account​

Local deployment applications use cloud accounts too. A Multipass single-node Slurm deployment uses the on_prem provider:

v8x cloud account create local-multipass --provider on_prem
v8x cloud account list

Create a Multipass Single-Node Slurm Cluster​

v8x cluster create my-slurm-multipass-cluster \
  --cloud-account local-multipass \
  --app slurm-multipass \
  --options operating_system=rockylinux9,cpu=4,mem=8,disk=128G

Supported Multipass operating system choices are rockylinux9, rockylinux10, noble, and resolute.

Create an LXD Cloud Account​

LXD deployments require a cloud account with the LXD server URL and trust token:

v8x cloud account create local-lxd --provider lxd \
  --attributes '{"lxd_server_url":"https://127.0.0.1:8443","lxd_token":"<token>"}'

The current built-in LXD deployment applications are visible with:

v8x app list

Next Steps​