Chapter 5. Using the CLI tools

virtctl start <vm>

Start a virtual machine.

virtctl stop <vm>

Stop a virtual machine.

virtctl restart <vm>

Restart a virtual machine.

virtctl expose <vm>

Create a service that forwards a designated port of a virtual machine or virtual machine instance and expose the service on the specified port of the node.

virtctl console <vmi>

Connect to a serial console of a virtual machine instance.

virtctl vnc <vmi>

Open a VNC connection to a virtual machine instance.

virtctl image-upload <…​>

Upload a virtual machine image to a PersistentVolumeClaim.

oc login -u <user_name>

Log in to the OpenShift Container Platform cluster as <user_name>.

oc get <object_type>

Display a list of objects for the specified object type in the project.

oc describe <object_type> <resource_name>

Display details of the specific resource in the project.

oc create -f <object_config>

Create a resource in the project from a filename or from stdin.

oc edit <object_type> <resource_name>

Edit a resource in the project.

oc delete <object_type> <resource_name>

Delete a resource in the project.