Azion CLI create

Learn how to utilize Azion CLI for creating and managing Applications, Functions, and other resources efficiently to enhance your edge solutions.

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With the azion create [resource] command you can create:

Application.
Functions.
Rules engine.
Cache settings.
Firewall.
Firewall instance.
Firewall rule.
WAF.
WAF exceptions.
Network list.
Workloads.
Workload deployment.
Connectors.
Variables.
Personal tokens.
Profile.
Object Storage bucket.
Object Storage object.

In case one or more required fields aren’t informed through the specific flags, an interactive message prompts and asks for the missing information.

Applications

Usage

azion create edge-application --name "naruno"

Required flags

name

The --name flag sets the name of the application being created. It’s required if the --file flag isn’t used.

Optional flags

address

The --address option specifies the address of the origin server.

browser-cache-settings

The --browser-cache-settings option configures the amount of time that content is cached in the user’s browser. Possible values are honor or override.

browser-cache-settings-maximum-ttl

The --browser-cache-settings-maximum-ttl option defines the maximum time to live (TTL) of cached resources in the browser. It sets a time limit for how long resources can be cached in the browser, in seconds.

cdn-cache-settings

The --cdn-cache-settings option configures how Azion caches content at the edge. Possible values are honor or override.

cdn-cache-settings-maximum-ttl

The --cdn-cache-settings-maximum-ttl option defines the maximum time to live (TTL) of cached resources in the edge. It sets a time limit for how long resources can be cached on the edge nodes, in seconds.

delivery-protocol

The --delivery-protocol option specifies whether the data should be delivered via HTTP or HTTPS.

host-header

The --host-header option allows customization of the Host header.

http-port

The --http-port flag specifies the application’s HTTP delivery port. The default is 80.

https-port

The --https-port flag specifies the application’s HTTPS delivery port. The default is 443.

http3

The --http3 option enables delivery in HTTP/3.

file

The --file option specifies a path to a JSON file containing the attributes of the application being created. It can also read from stdin using -.

Attributes inside a JSON file:

{

"name": "borus",

"delivery_protocol": "http",

"origin_type": "single_origin",

"address": "www.new.api",

"origin_protocol_policy": "preserve",

"host_header": "www.new.api",

"browser_cache_settings": "override",

"browser_cache_settings_maximum_ttl": 20,

"cdn_cache_settings": "honor",

"cdn_cache_settings_maximum_ttl": 60

}

origin-protocol-policy

The --origin-protocol-policy option specifies the type of connection between the edge nodes and the origin. Possible values are preserve, http, or https.

origin-type

The --origin-type option specifies the type of the origin. Possible values are single_origin (default value), load_balancer, or live_ingest.

supported-ciphers

The --supported-ciphers option determines which cipher suite will be used in the TLS connections of your application.

websocket

The --websocket option allows you to establish the WebSocket communication protocol between your application and your users under the reverse proxy architecture.

debug-rules

The --debug-rules option allows you to check whether rules or rule sets created using the Rules Engine module for Applications or Firewall have been successfully executed in your application.

Functions

Usage

 azion create edge-function --name "<function_name>" --code "<path_to_code>" --active <true_or_false> [--args "<path_to_args_file>"] [--file "<file_path>"]

Required flags

name

The --name flag sets the name of the function being created.

code

The --code flag sets the path to the function’s code.

active

The --active flag specifies whether the function is active or not. Accepts true or false.

Optional flags

args

The --args flag sets the path to the function’s arguments JSON file.

file

The --file flag specifies the file path to create an function. You can use - for reading from stdin.

Attributes inside a JSON file:

{

"active": true,

  "code": "async function handleRequest(request) {\n return new Response(\"Hello!\",\n   {\n       status:204\n   })\n}\naddEventListener(\"fetch\", event =\u003e {\n event.respondWith(handleRequest(event.request))\n})",

"name": "func"

}

help

The --help option displays more information about the azion create edge-function command.

Rules engine

Usage

azion create rules-engine --application-id 1679423488 --phase "response" --file `./file.json`

Required flags

application-id

The --application-id flag sets the unique identifier for an application.

phase

The --phase flag specifies the phase for the rule. It’s either request or response.

Optional flags

file

The --file flag specifies the path to a JSON file containing the attributes of the rule that’ll be created. You can use - to read from stdin.

Attributes inside a JSON file:

{

"name": "New Rule 534322",

"description": "This is a very basic rule engine description",

"criteria": [

[

{

"conditional": "if",

"variable": "${uri}",

"operator": "starts_with",

"input_value": "/"

}

]

],

"behaviors": [

{

"name": "deliver",

"target": "io"

}

]

}

help

The --help flag displays more information about the azion create rules-engine action.

Cache settings

Usage

azion create cache-setting --application-id 1673635839 --name "phototypesetting"

Required flags

application-id

The --application-id flag sets the unique identifier for the application.

name

The --name flag sets the name of the Cache Settings configuration being created.

Optional flags

adaptive-delivery-action

The --adaptive-delivery-action option informs the Cache Settings configuration adaptive delivery action. The default value is ignore.

browser-cache-settings

The --browser-cache-settings option configures the amount of time that the content is cached in the web browser. The default value is honor.

browser-cache-settings-maximum-ttl

The --browser-cache-settings-maximum-ttl option informs Browser Cache Settings configuration maximum TTL.

cache-by-cookies

The --cache-by-cookies option defines if cache by cookies is active. The default value is ignore.

cache-by-query-string

The --cache-by-query-string option defines how the content should be cached according to variations of the Query String in URLs. The default value is ignore.

cdn-cache-settings

The --cdn-cache-settings option configures the amount of time Azion’s applications take to cache the content. It can either Honor Origin Cache Headers or Override Cache Settings. The default value is honor.

cnd-cache-settings-maximum-ttl

The --cnd-cache-settings-maximum-ttl option informs CDN Cache Settings configuration maximum TTL. The default value is 60.

The --cookie-names option distinguishes objects in the Azion cache by the name/value of cookies.

enable-caching-for-options

The --enable-caching-for-options option defines if caching for options is active. The default value is false.

enable-caching-for-post

The --enable-caching-for-post option defines if caching for post is active.

enable-caching-string-sort

The --enable-caching-string-sort option defines if caching string sort is active.

file

The --file option specifies the path to a JSON file containing the attributes of the Cache Settings configuration that’ll be created. You can use - for reading from stdin.

Attributes inside a JSON file:

{

"name": "thename",

"browser_cache_settings": "honor",

"browser_cache_settings_maximum_ttl": 0,

"cdn_cache_settings": "honor",

"cdn_cache_settings_maximum_ttl": 60,

"cache_by_query_string": "ignore",

"query_string_fields": ["aa"],

"enable_query_string_sort": true,

"cache_by_cookies": "ignore",

"cookie_names": ["aa"],

"adaptive_delivery_action": "ignore",

"device_group": [],

"enable_caching_for_post": true,

"l2_caching_enabled": false,

"is_slice_configuration_enabled": false,

"is_slice_edge_caching_enabled": false,

"is_slice_l2_caching_enabled": false,

"slice_configuration_range": null,

"enable_caching_for_options": true,

"enable_stale_cache": true,

"l2_region": null

}

help

The --help option displays more information about the azion create cache-setting command.

l2-caching-enabled

The --l2-caching-enabled option defines if Tiered Cache is active.

query-string-fields

The --query-string-fields option gives a list of query string parameters to be considered in the Cache Settings configuration, segregating the cache to the same URL.

slice-configuration-enabled

The --slice-configuration-enabled option defines if Large File Optimization is active.

slice-configuration-range

The --slice-configuration-range option informs the fragment range.

slice-l2-caching-enabled

The --slice-l2-caching-enabled option defines if Large File Optimization for Tiered Cache is active.

Firewall

Creates a Firewall.

Usage

azion create firewall --name "<firewall-name>"

Required flags

name

The --name flag sets the name of the firewall being created.

Optional flags

file

The --file flag specifies the path to a JSON file containing the attributes of the firewall that will be created. You can use - for reading from stdin.

help

The --help flag displays more information about the azion create firewall command.

Firewall instance

Creates a new Firewall Function Instance.

Usage

azion create firewall-instance --firewall-id <firewall-id> --name "<instance-name>"

Required flags

firewall-id

Required flags

application-id

The --application-id flag sets the application’s unique identifier.

name

The --name flag sets the domain’s name.

Optional flags

active

The --active option specifies if the domain is active. The default value is true.

cname-access-only

The --cname-access-only option specifies if the domain is accessed only through the CNAMEs. The default value is false.

cnames

The --cnames option is a list of domains’ CNAMEs to associate with the domain.

digital-certificate-id

The --digital-certificate-id option sets the digital certificate’s unique identifier. It can be an integer, null, or the string lets_encrypt. If lets_encrypt is informed, then a Let’s Encrypt certificate will be created for you.

help

The --help option displays more information about the azion create domain action.

file

The --file option specifies a path to a JSON file containing the attributes that will be updated. You can use - to read from stdin.

Attributes inside a JSON file:

{

"cnames": [],

"name": "one",

"edge_application_id": 1234635841,

"cname_access_only": false,

"is_active": false

}

Workload deployment

Creates a new Workload Deployment.

Usage

azion create workload-deployment --workload-id <workload-id>

Required flags

workload-id

The --workload-id flag sets the unique identifier for the workload.

Optional flags

file

The --file flag specifies the path to a JSON file containing the attributes of the workload deployment. You can use - for reading from stdin.

help

The --help flag displays more information about the azion create workload-deployment command.

Connectors

Usage

azion create origin --application-id <application-id> --name "<origin-name>" --addresses "<comma-separated-addresses>"

Required flags

application-id

The --application-id flag sets the unique identifier for the application in which the origin will be created.

name

The --name flag sets the name of the origin being created.

addresses

The --addresses flag passes a list of addresses linked to the origin. Multiple addresses should be separated by commas.

Optional flags

file

The --file flag specifies the path to a JSON file containing the attributes of the origin that will be created. You can use - for reading from stdin.

Attributes inside a JSON file:

{

"name": "Create Or22i21231222n2",

"addresses": [

{

"address": "httpbin.org"

}

],

"host_header": "asdf.asdfom"

}

hmac-access-key

The --hmac-access-key flag informs the Hmac Access Key.

hmac-authentication

The --hmac-authentication flag specifies whether Hmac Authentication is used or not.

hmac-region-name

The --hmac-region-name flag informs the Hmac region name.

hmac-secret-key

The --hmac-secret-key flag informs the Hmac Secret Key.

host-header

The --host-header flag specifies the hostname of the server being accessed.

origin-path

The --origin-path flag defines the path to be appended to the URI when forwarding the request to the origin. Leave it blank to use only the URI.

origin-protocol-policy

The --origin-protocol-policy flag tells the protocol policy used in the origin.

origin-type

The --origin-type flag identifies the source of a record. Accepted values:

single_origin (default)
load_balancer
live_ingest
object_storage

bucket

The --bucket flag informs the name of the Object Storage bucket. Required when origin-type is equal to object_storage.

prefix

The --bucket flag informs the path or location within the bucket from which the content must be retrieved. Optional and only used when origin-type is equal to object_storage

help

The -h or --help option displays more information about the azion create origin action.

Variables

Create a new environment variable or secret to be used inside your functions.

Usage

azion create variables --key "Content-Type" --value "string" --secret false

Required flags if the --in flag isn’t informed

key

The --key flag provides the variable’s key.

value

The --value flag provides the variable’s value.

secret

The --secret flag indicates whether the value is meant to be confidential. The default value is true.

Variables with names containing the following substrings will be sent as secrets to the Azion environment by default:

password
pwd
secret
key
hash
encrypted
passcode
auth
token
secret

Optional flags

file

The --file flag informs the file path to the file containing all attributes of the variable being created. You can use - for reading from stdin.

Attributes inside a JSON file:

{

"key": "Content-Type",

"value": "json",

"secret": false

}

help

The --help option displays more information about the azion create variables command.

Personal tokens

Usage

azion create personal-token --name "newToken" --expiration "9m"

Optional flags

file

The --file option informs the file path to a JSON file containing all attributes of the personal token being created.

Attributes inside a JSON file:

{

"name": "my token",

"expires_at": "9m"

}

help

The --help option displays more information about the create subcommand.

Required flags when --file isn’t informed

description

The --description option informs the personal token’s description.

expiration

The --expiration option informs the personal token’s expiration.

name

The --name option informs the personal token’s name.

Profile

Create a new profile for the Azion CLI.

Usage

azion create profile --name "<profile-name>"

Required flags

name

The --name flag sets the name of the profile being created.

Optional flags

file

The --file flag specifies the path to a JSON file containing the attributes of the profile. You can use - for reading from stdin.

help

The --help flag displays more information about the azion create profile command.

Object Storage bucket

Usage

azion create edge-storage bucket --name "zorosola" --edge-access 'read_only'

Required flags

edge-access

The --edge-access flag indicates the type of permission for actions within the bucket. Possible values include read_only, read_write, or restricted.

name

The --name flag defines the name of the Object Storage bucket.

Optional flags

file

The --file option specifies the path to a JSON file containing the attributes of the bucket that will be created. Alternatively, you can use ’-’ for reading from stdin.

Attributes inside a JSON file:

{

"name": "arthur-morgan",

"edge_access": "read_only"

}

help

The --help option displays more information about the ‘create edge-storage bucket’ command.

Object Storage object

Usage

 azion create edge-storage object --bucket-name 'mynewbucket' --object-key 'path/to/my/remote/file.txt' --source './local/file.txt'

Required flags

bucket-name

The --bucket-name flag sets the name of the Object Storage bucket where the object will be stored.

object-key

The --object-key flag sets the name of the object to be stored in the bucket. It can also be used to indicate a full file path (such as ‘path/to/file/bucket/file.txt’).

source

The --source flag defines the path to the local file to be uploaded to the bucket. The path should be absolute.

Optional flags

file

The --file option allows you to specify a path to a JSON file containing the attributes of the objects to be created. You can use - for reading from stdin.

Attributes inside a JSON file:

{

"bucket-name": "name",

"object-key": "key",

"source": "fixtures/index.html"

}

help

The -h or --help option displays more detailed information about the azion create edge-storage object command.