Simulator CLI

flowchart TD
  simulator --> version
  simulator --> config
  simulator --> container
  simulator --> bucket
  simulator --> ami
  simulator --> infra
  simulator --> scenario
  container --> pull
  bucket --> create
  bucket --> d(delete)
  ami --> build
  ami --> list
  ami --> delete
  infra --> c(create)
  infra --> destroy
  scenario --> s(list)
  scenario --> describe
  scenario --> install

Configuration

The Simulator ClI is configured using the simulator config command.

By default, this writes its configuration file config.yaml to the following directories according to the target operating system family:

OS Family	Directory
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.config/simulator - defaults to /home/$USER/.config/simulator
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%/simulator - default to C:\Users$env:USERNAME\AppData\Local\simulator
MacOS	$HOME/Library/Preferences/io.controlplane.simulator

This can be changed to an alternative directory by setting the environment variable SIMULATOR_DIR to define the directory to use.

The following flags can be used to configure the Simulator CLI.

Name	Description
name	Used as the name, or name prefix for the Terraform created resources. Defaults to simulator.
bucket	The name of the S3 bucket to store Terraform state. Can be an existing bucket that you own. MUST be configured.
dev	Used to set the Simulator CLI into developer mode when working on new scenarios.
rootless	Used when running rootless Docker, to allow local directories to be written to from the container.
print-dir	Print configuration directory

A minimal configuration file will look like the following.

name: simulator
bucket: <your-s3-bucket>
container:
  image: controlplane/simulator:latest

Log level

The default log level is set to error by default.

It can be changed using the --log-level flag or by setting SIMULATOR_LOG_LEVEL environment variable to one of error, warn, info or debug.