Alias

The CLI provides a command called alias that allows you to save morpheus commands and re-run them later by a familiar, easy to remember, name.

Creating an alias within a shell

morpheus> alias my-instances='instances list -c "My Cloud"'

Then you can run the following

morpheus> my-instances

You may also append arguments to your alias.

morpheus> my-instances --json

Aliases can be exported for use in subsequent shells.

Include the -e option when creating it to export an alias

morpheus> alias my-other-instances='clouds list -c "Other Cloud"' -e

Or use alias export to export any number of aliases

morpheus> alias export my-instances my-other-instances

To have an alias always available, just define it in your .morpheus_profile or .morpheusrc scripts.

Any aliases you define in .morpheus_profile will be available when morpheus starts.

Any aliases defined in .morpheusrc will be made available whenever an interactive morpheus shell starts.

Note: Exported aliases are stored at the bottom of your .morpheus_profile, any modifications below that section will be lost. Put your script above it.

When you are done using an exported alias, you may remove it with the alias remove command.

morpheus> alias remove my-instances

Your exported aliases are made available inside the Morpheus Shell

morpheus shell
morpheus> my-instances

You can use alias list to see which aliases you have configured.

morpheus> alias list
Found 3 aliases
aliases='alias list'
c='clouds'
g='groups'

It is also possible for an alias to invoke another alias, like this:

morpheus> alias foo='instances list -s test -m 100'
morpheus> alias bar='foo --json'
morpheus> foo

Morpheus Instances - Search: test
==================

No instances found.

morpheus> bar
{
  "instances": [

  ],
  "stats": {
  },
  "loadBalancers": [

  ],
  "meta": {
    "offset": 0,
    "max": "100",
    "size": 0,
    "total": 0
  }
}
morpheus> 

That's all there is to it!