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systemslab export context

Description Export a SystemsLab context to a tar file.
Usagesystemslab export context [OPTIONS] <CONTEXT>

Description

The systemslab export context command exports a context to a tar file. This tar file can then be used with systemslab import context to import the context. This can be used to move entire contexts between SystemsLab servers.

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systemslab export context is not able to generate a compressed tar file on its own. You can generate a compressed tar file by piping the output through a compressor like so

bash
systemslab export context 018ec8ab-1cb6-70c8-3a29-6f41445ee0c4 | gzip -9 > context.tar.gz

Options

OptionDefaultDescription
<CONTEXT>The ID of the context to be exported.
-o, --output- The path at which to produce the output tar file. Can be - to output to stdout.
-j, --parallel1 Number of requests allowed to be made in parallel. Passing 0 will make this use the number of CPUs on the current machine.

Common Options

OptionDefaultDescription
--systemslab-url The URL at which to access the systemslab server.
--colorauto Controls when color is used in the output. Possible values are auto, always, and never.
--output-formatlong Output format to use when outputting messages. long will result output designed to be human-readable while short is short output meant to be used within scripts.

Environment Variables

VariableDescription
SYSTEMSLAB_URLSpecify the URL used to contact the SystemsLab server. Equivalent to --systemslab-url.