euca-create-tags

Adds or overwrites one or more tags for the specified resource or resources

Syntax

euca-create-tags  resource_id [resource_id ...] --tag key[=value] [--tag key[=value] ...]

Options

Option Description Required
resource_id ID of the resource you want to tag. Yes
--tag key or key=value Key and optional value of the tag, separated by an equals sign (=). If you don't include a value, Eucalyptus sets the value to an empty string.

If you're using Euca2ools on Windows, you might need to use quotation marks (for example, "key=value").

Yes

Common Options

Option Description
--show-empty-fields Show empty fields as "(nil)".
--region user@region Region and/or user name to search when looking up config file data. Only valid for EC2 endpoints.
-U,--url url URL of the cloud service to connect to. For administrative commands, this should be <ip_address>:8773/services/Empyrean.
-I,--access-key-id key_id User's access key ID.
-S,--secret-key secret_key User's secret key.
--security-token token User's security token.
--debug Prints what the command sends to the server and what it receives from the server. Use when you're trying to debug Euca2ools.
--debugger Enable interactive debugger on error.
-h,--help Display the manual page for the command.
--version Display the version of this tool.

Output

Example

euca-create-tags emi-1e2b3c4d i-7d3e5a2f --tag appserver --tag "stack=dev"
TAG  image  emi-1e2b3c4d  appserver
TAG  image  emi-1e2b3c4d  stack  dev
TAG  instance  i-7d3e5a2f  appserver
TAG  instance  i-7d3e5a2f  stack  dev
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