managed/yba-cli/docs/yba_universe_file-collection_create.md
Collect files from database nodes in a universe
Collect specified files from one or more database nodes in a universe. Files are packaged into a tar.gz archive on each node.
yba universe file-collection create [flags]
yba universe file-collection create --name <universe-name> \
--file-paths "/home/yugabyte/tserver/logs/yb-tserver.INFO,/home/yugabyte/master/logs/yb-master.INFO"
yba universe file-collection create --name <universe-name> \
--file-paths "/home/yugabyte/bin/version_metadata.json" \
--directory-paths "/home/yugabyte/tserver/logs" --max-depth 2
yba universe file-collection create --name <universe-name> \
--file-paths "/home/yugabyte/tserver/logs/yb-tserver.INFO" \
--node-names "yb-1-node-n1,yb-1-node-n2" --masters-only
--file-paths string [Optional*] Comma-separated list of file paths to collect from each node. Paths can be absolute or relative to the yugabyte home directory. [33mAt least one of file-paths or directory-paths is required.
--directory-paths string [Optional*] Comma-separated list of directory paths to collect files from. [33mAt least one of file-paths or directory-paths is required.
--max-depth int32 [Optional] Maximum depth for directory traversal (1-10). (default 1)
--max-file-size-bytes int [Optional] Maximum size of individual files to collect in bytes (default 10MB). (default 10485760)
--max-total-size-bytes int [Optional] Maximum total size of all files per node in bytes (default 100MB). (default 104857600)
--timeout-secs int [Optional] Timeout in seconds for file collection on each node (default 300). (default 300)
--linux-user string [Optional] Linux user to run file collection as. (default "yugabyte")
--node-names string [Optional] Comma-separated list of specific node names to collect from.
--masters-only [Optional] Collect files only from master nodes. (default false)
--tservers-only [Optional] Collect files only from tserver nodes. (default false)
-h, --help help for create
-a, --apiToken string YugabyteDB Anywhere api token.
--ca-cert string CA certificate file path for secure connection to YugabyteDB Anywhere. Required when the endpoint is https and --insecure is not set.
--config string Full path to a specific configuration file for YBA CLI. If provided, this takes precedence over the directory specified via --directory, and the generated files are added to the same path. If not provided, the CLI will look for '.yba-cli.yaml' in the directory specified by --directory. Defaults to '$HOME/.yba-cli/.yba-cli.yaml'.
--debug Use debug mode, same as --logLevel debug.
--directory string Directory containing YBA CLI configuration and generated files. If specified, the CLI will look for a configuration file named '.yba-cli.yaml' in this directory. Defaults to '$HOME/.yba-cli/'.
--disable-color Disable colors in output. (default false)
-f, --force [Optional] Bypass the prompt for non-interactive usage.
-H, --host string YugabyteDB Anywhere Host (default "http://localhost:9000")
--insecure Allow insecure connections to YugabyteDB Anywhere. Value ignored for http endpoints. Defaults to false for https.
-l, --logLevel string Select the desired log level format. Allowed values: debug, info, warn, error, fatal. (default "info")
-n, --name string The name of the universe for the corresponding file collection operations. Required for create, download, delete.
-o, --output string Select the desired output format. Allowed values: table, json, pretty. (default "table")
-s, --skip-validations [Optional] Skip validations before running the CLI command.
--timeout duration Wait command timeout, example: 5m, 1h. (default 168h0m0s)
--wait Wait until the task is completed, otherwise it will exit immediately. (default true)