How to create and deploy a container with the Scaleway CLI

Scaleway Command Line Interface Overview

The Scaleway Command Line Interface (CLI) allows you to pilot your Scaleway infrastructure directly from your terminal, providing a faster way to administer and monitor your resources. Scaleway CLI is easy to set up and use, and an essential tool for operating efficiently in your cloud environment. The CLI provides many functionalities, including the ability to create and deploy Serverless Containers.

Before you start

To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

• A Scaleway account logged into the console
• Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
• An SSH key
• A valid API key
• Installed and configured the Scaleway CLI

Creating a container

1. Run the following command in your terminal to create a containers namespace:

   scw container namespace create name=<YOUR_NAMESPACE_NAME>
   

   An output similar to the following displays:

   ID                   6e74dbb7-9323-46bb-abc7-5c0105f4e70e
   Name                 <YOUR_NAMESPACE_NAME>
   OrganizationID       55e28409-776f-4f65-a41e-6c5fc58b4076
   ProjectID            55e28409-776f-4f65-a41e-6c5fc58b4076
   Status               pending
   RegistryNamespaceID  -
   RegistryEndpoint     -
   Description          -
   Region               fr-par
   

2. Run the following command in your terminal to create a container:

   scw container container create name=<CONTAINER_NAME> namespace-id=<NAMESPACE_ID> registry-image=<IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL>
   

   An output similar to the following displays:

   ID              717fb5f9-95c3-4c0b-84db-2321283e46dc
   Name            <CONTAINER_NAME>
   NamespaceID     cee31af8-d43e-4078-8f55-c921a9311f47
   Status          created
   MinScale        0
   MaxScale        5
   Runtime         python310
   MemoryLimit     256
   CPULimit        140
   Timeout         5 minutes
   Handler         handler.handle
   Privacy         public
   Description     -
   DomainName      namespace0leshy-cli-fn-containername.containers.fnc.fr-par.scw.cloud
   Region          fr-par
   HTTPOption      enabled
   RuntimeMessage  -
   

   Note

   For testing purposes, you can use the registry-image=nginx:latest and port=80 parameters to quickly create a container.

Deploying a container

1. Run the following command to deploy your container with the zip archive you just created:

   scw container container deploy <CONTAINER_ID>
   

   The deployment process can take several minutes, depending on the image used.

2. Run the following command to call your container:

   curl <YOUR_CONTAINER_ENDPOINT>
   

   Your container is now deployed and ready to be used.