The bbsctl command line tool lets you control BigBlueSwarm clusters.

For configuration, bbsctl looks for a file named config in the $HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml directory. You can specify other bbsctl files by setting the --config flag.

Installation

Download last release from release page.

Copy the binary into /usr/local/bin.

Usage

Manage your BigBlueSwarm cluster from the command line

Usage:
  bbsctl <command> [flags]
  bbsctl [command]

Available Commands:
  apply        Apply a configuration to bigblueswarm server using a file
  cluster-info Get overall cluster information
  completion   Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  delete       Delete a specific resource
  describe     Show details of a specific resource or group of resources
  get          Display a resource
  help         Help about any command
  init         Initialize a resource

Flags:
      --config string   config file (default is $HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml) (default "$HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml")
  -h, --help            help for bbsctl

Use "bbsctl [command] --help" for more information about a command.

See the documentation for more details.

Init configuration

Use b3lbctl init config to initialize b3lbctl configuration.

Create bbsctl if not exists and initialize a basic configuration

Usage:
  bbsctl init config [flags]

Flags:
  -b, --bbs string    BigBlueSwarm url
  -d, --dest string   Configuration file folder destination (default "$HOME/.bigblueswarm")
  -h, --help          help for config
  -k, --key string    BigBlueSwarm admin api key

Manage instances

bbsctl provide some command to manage your cluster instances:

• bbsctl init instances that create instances file if it does not exists

Create instances list file if it does not exists

Usage:
  bbsctl init instances [flags]

Flags:
  -d, --dest string   File folder destination (default "$HOME/.bigblueswarm")
  -h, --help          help for instances

• b3lbctl apply -f instances.yml

Apply a configuration to bigblueswarm server using a file

Usage:
  bbsctl apply -f [filepath] [flags]

Flags:
  -f, --file string   resource file path
  -h, --help          help for apply

Global Flags:
      --config string   config file (default is $HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml) (default "$HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml")

• b3lbctl get instances display all BigBlueButton instances found in your B3lb cluster

Display all BigBlueButton instances available in your BigBlueSwarm cluster

Usage:
  bbsctl get instances [flags]

Flags:
  -c, --csv    csv output
  -h, --help   help for instances
  -j, --json   json output

Global Flags:
      --config string   config file (default is $HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml) (default "$HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml")

Manage tenants

B3lb is a multi tenant load balancer and b3lbctl offer tools to manage tenants.

• b3lbctl init tenant initialize a tenant file

Initialize a new bigblueswarm tenant configuration file if not exits

Usage:
  bbsctl init tenant [flags]

Flags:
  -d, --dest string   File folder destination (default "$HOME/.bigblueswarm")
  -h, --help          help for tenant
      --host string   Tenant hostname

• b3lbctl apply -f tenant.yml

Apply a configuration to bigblueswarm server using a file

Usage:
  bbsctl apply -f [filepath] [flags]

Flags:
  -f, --file string   resource file path
  -h, --help          help for apply

Global Flags:
      --config string   config file (default is $HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml) (default "$HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml")

• b3lbctl get tenants display all tenants found in B3lb cluster

Display all BigBlueSwarm tenants available in your BigBlueSwarm cluster

Usage:
  bbsctl get tenants [flags]

Flags:
  -c, --csv    csv output
  -h, --help   help for tenants
  -j, --json   json output

Global Flags:
      --config string   config file (default is $HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml) (default "$HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml")

• b3lbctl describe tenant describe a tenant

Describe a given BigBlueSwarm tenant.

Usage:
  bbsctl describe tenant <hostname> [flags]

Flags:
  -h, --help   help for tenant

Global Flags:
      --config string   config file (default is $HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml) (default "$HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml")

Check your cluster

b3lbctl let you monitor your cluster using cluster-info command.

Get overall cluster information. It display all instances with %CPU, %MEM, Active meetings, Active paricipants and API status

Usage:
  bbsctl cluster-info [flags]

Flags:
  -h, --help   help for cluster-info

Global Flags:
      --config string   config file (default is $HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml) (default "$HOME/.bigblueswarm/.bbsctl.yml")

Check B3lb configuration

b3lbctl let you check your b3lb application configuration remotely. Even if you use a configuration file or consul provider, b3lbctl display your application configuration using describe config command.

describe B3LB configuration.

Usage:
  b3lbctl describe config [flags]

Flags:
  -h, --help   help for config

Global Flags:
      --config string   config file (default is $HOME/.b3lb/.b3lbctl.yml) (default "$HOME/.b3lb/.b3lbctl.yml")