Introducing automatic backups

Arct Cloud CLI

Create and manage Arct Cloud servers from your terminal with the arct command.

CLI guide Install
Create a server with the Arct Cloud CLI
export ARCT_TOKEN="arct_your_token_here"
arct images list --datacenter ams2
arct servers create --hostname web-1 --datacenter ams2 --plan hvm.nano \
  --image IMAGE_UUID --ssh-key KEY_UUID --yes --wait

What you can do with arct

  • Servers

    Create, start, stop, restart, reinstall, resize, and delete servers.

  • Catalog

    List datacenters, plans, and images from the terminal.

  • Wait for results

    Commands can wait until a server is running or an action completes.

  • JSON output

    Machine-readable output for scripts and CI pipelines.

  • Confirmations

    Paid and destructive commands ask before they run.

  • Saved contexts

    Keep tokens for several accounts in named contexts.

Install the CLI

One command on macOS and Linux, or pip on Windows.

macOS and Linux
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArctCloud/sdk/main/install.sh | sh
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
arct --version
Windows
python -m pip install "arct-cloud==0.1.0rc3"
python -m arct --version

Build with Arct Cloud

APIREST endpoints for servers, the catalog, SSH keys, and invoices.Learn more SDKsTyped Python and TypeScript clients for the API.Learn more

Manage servers from your terminal

Create, power, reinstall, resize, and delete servers with one command each.

Create an account CLI guide