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mmctl sampledata

Generate sample data

Synopsis



Generate a sample data file and store it locally, or directly import it to the remote server

::

  mmctl sampledata [flags]

Examples

::

# you can create a sampledata file and store it locally
$ mmctl sampledata --bulk sampledata-file.jsonl

# or you can simply print it to the stdout
$ mmctl sampledata --bulk -

# the amount of entities to create can be customized
$ mmctl sampledata -t 7 -u 20 -g 4

# the sampledata file can be directly imported in the remote server by not specifying a --bulk flag
$ mmctl sampledata

# and the sample users can be created with profile pictures
$ mmctl sampledata --profile-images ./images/profiles

Options


::

  -b, --bulk string                    Optional. Path to write a JSONL bulk file instead of uploading into the remote server.
      --channel-memberships int        The number of sample channel memberships per user in a team. (default 5)
      --channels-per-team int          The number of sample channels per team. (default 10)
      --deactivated-users int          The number of deactivated users.
      --direct-channels int            The number of sample direct message channels. (default 30)
      --group-channels int             The number of sample group message channels. (default 15)
  -g, --guests int                     The number of sample guests. (default 1)
  -h, --help                           help for sampledata
      --posts-per-channel int          The number of sample post per channel. (default 100)
      --posts-per-direct-channel int   The number of sample posts per direct message channel. (default 15)
      --posts-per-group-channel int    The number of sample posts per group message channel. (default 30)
      --profile-images string          Optional. Path to folder with images to randomly pick as user profile image.
  -s, --seed int                       Seed used for generating the random data (Different seeds generate different data). (default 1)
      --team-memberships int           The number of sample team memberships per user. (default 2)
  -t, --teams int                      The number of sample teams. (default 2)
  -u, --users int                      The number of sample users. (default 15)

Options inherited from parent commands

::

  --config string                path to the configuration file (default "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mmctl/config")
  --disable-pager                disables paged output
  --insecure-sha1-intermediate   allows to use insecure TLS protocols, such as SHA-1
  --insecure-tls-version         allows to use TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1
  --json                         the output format will be in json format
  --local                        allows communicating with the server through a unix socket
  --quiet                        prevent mmctl to generate output for the commands
  --strict                       will only run commands if the mmctl version matches the server one
  --suppress-warnings            disables printing warning messages

SEE ALSO


* `mmctl <mmctl.rst>`_ 	 - Remote client for the Open Source, self-hosted Slack-alternative