Edit

Purpose: Complete reference of the shipped opencenter command tree, generated from the live Cobra command graph.

Run go run -tags tools ./cmd/docs to refresh the per-command pages under docs/reference/opencenter/.

Global Flags

| Flag | Description | | --- | --- | | --config-dir | Configuration directory override | | --dry-run | Print planned actions without executing them | | --log-level | Set log level: debug, info, warn, error | | --output | Select output format: text, json, yaml | | --quiet | Suppress nonessential human output | | --yes | Answer yes to confirmation prompts | | -h, --help | Show command help | | -v, --version | Show version information |

Cluster Set Dot-Notation Examples

# Update provider and VMware metadata
opencenter cluster set prod-cluster \
  opencenter.infrastructure.provider=vmware \
  opencenter.infrastructure.cloud.vmware.datacenter=DC1 \
  opencenter.infrastructure.cloud.vmware.network=dvpg-prod

# Update a service value before deployment
opencenter cluster set prod-cluster \
  opencenter.services.cert-manager.email=platform@example.com

Root Commands

| Command | Purpose | | --- | --- | | opencenter cluster | Cluster lifecycle, validation, rendering, drift, services, backup, and import management | | opencenter secrets | Secret encryption, sync, validation, and key operations | | opencenter settings | CLI settings, defaults, and local IDE configuration | | opencenter plugins | External plugin discovery | | opencenter version | Version and build metadata | | opencenter shell-init | Session-scoped shell integration for active-cluster context | | opencenter <external-plugin> | Dynamically discovered plugin entrypoints such as rmpk |

Cluster Commands

Lifecycle and Validation

| Command | | --- | | opencenter cluster active | | opencenter cluster configure | | opencenter cluster deploy | | opencenter cluster describe | | opencenter cluster destroy | | opencenter cluster edit | | opencenter cluster env | | opencenter cluster export | | opencenter cluster generate | | opencenter cluster generate --render-only | | opencenter cluster import | | opencenter cluster import apply | | opencenter cluster import report | | opencenter cluster import scan | | opencenter cluster init | | opencenter cluster list | | opencenter cluster lock | | opencenter cluster migrate-layout | | opencenter cluster normalize | | opencenter cluster doctor | | opencenter cluster set | | opencenter cluster use | | opencenter cluster status | | opencenter cluster unlock | | opencenter cluster validate |

Backup

| Command | | --- | | opencenter cluster backup create | | opencenter cluster backup delete | | opencenter cluster backup list | | opencenter cluster backup restore | | opencenter cluster backup schedule |

Configuration

| Command | | --- | | opencenter cluster describe | | opencenter cluster edit | | opencenter cluster export | | opencenter cluster normalize | | opencenter cluster set |

Drift Detection

| Command | | --- | | opencenter cluster drift detect | | opencenter cluster drift reconcile | | opencenter cluster drift schedule |

Services

| Command | | --- | | opencenter cluster service disable | | opencenter cluster service enable | | opencenter cluster service options | | opencenter cluster service status |

Settings Commands

| Command | | --- | | opencenter settings edit | | opencenter settings explain | | opencenter settings explain cluster-defaults | | opencenter settings get | | opencenter settings ide | | opencenter settings path | | opencenter settings reset | | opencenter settings set | | opencenter settings view |

Secrets Commands

Core Operations

| Command | | --- | | opencenter secrets decrypt | | opencenter secrets delete | | opencenter secrets describe | | opencenter secrets encrypt | | opencenter secrets get | | opencenter secrets list | | opencenter secrets login | | opencenter secrets set | | opencenter secrets status | | opencenter secrets sync | | opencenter secrets validate |

Secret Keys

| Command | | --- | | opencenter secrets keys backup | | opencenter secrets keys check | | opencenter secrets keys generate | | opencenter secrets keys revoke | | opencenter secrets keys rotate | | opencenter secrets keys validate |

Plugins Commands

| Command | | --- | | opencenter plugins list |

GA Notes

  • Canonical infrastructure provider names are openstack, vmware, kind, and baremetal.

  • vsphere remains accepted as a compatibility alias for existing configuration files, but documentation now uses vmware.

  • AWS-backed integrations such as Route53 and S3 credential flows remain supported where services use them, but AWS is not a GA infrastructure provider.