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ScyllaDB Docs Scylla Manager CLI sctool Start

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Start¶

start¶

This command starts a specified task. If there is one task of the given type the ‘<id|name>’ argument is not needed.

Syntax¶

sctool start --cluster <id|name> [flags] <type>[/<id|name>]

Command options¶

-c, --cluster¶

The target cluster name or ID (envvar SCYLLA_MANAGER_CLUSTER).

-h, --help¶

help for start

Default value: false

--no-continue¶

Do not resume the last run.

Default value: false

--api-cert-file

File path to HTTPS client certificate used to access the Scylla Manager server when client certificate validation is enabled (envvar SCYLLA_MANAGER_API_CERT_FILE).

--api-key-file

File path to HTTPS client key associated with –api-cert-file flag (envvar SCYLLA_MANAGER_API_KEY_FILE).

--api-url

Base URL of Scylla Manager server (envvar SCYLLA_MANAGER_API_URL).

If running sctool on the same machine as server, it’s generated based on ‘/etc/scylla-manager/scylla-manager.yaml’ file.

Default value: http://127.0.0.1:5080/api/v1

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