Command - User

Manage user credentials for connecting to the message broker protocol

Usage: foxmq user <COMMAND>

Subcommands

Command	Description	Quick-link
add	Add a user record to the credentials file, creating it if it doesn't exist.	add
generate	Generate a user record and print it to stdout	#generate

add

Add a user record to the credentials file, creating it if it doesn't exist.

If a username and/or password are not provided, you will be prompted for them interactively.

Usage: foxmq user add [OPTIONS] [USERNAME] [PASSWORD]

Arguments

• USERNAME The username of the user. Must be unique within the users file. If omitted, you will be prompted to enter it interactively.

• PASSWORD The password for the user. If omitted, you will be prompted to enter it interactively, or be given the option to generate a random one.

Options

• --log, -l Set the format of log output.

  • Default: full

  • Options: full, compact, pretty, json

    • json is structured and is intended for usage by tools that process structured logs in production environments, and is not optimized for human readability.

• --output-file, -O The path to write the address book and secret key files to. If any parent directories in the path do not already exist, they will be created.

  • Default: foxmq.d/users.toml

• --write-mode, -m Controls how this command writes to --output-file.

  • Default: append

  • Possible values:

    • append: Append to the file if it already exists, or create it if it doesn't.

    • truncate: Truncate the file if it already exists, or create it if it doesn't.

generate

Generate a user record and write it to stdout

Usage: foxmq user generate [OPTIONS] <USERNAME> [PASSWORD]

Arguments

• USERNAME

  The username of the user. Must be unique within the users file.

• PASSWORD The password for the user. If omitted, the password will be read from the first line on stdin.

Options

--log, -l Set the format of log output.

• Default: full

• Options: full, compact, pretty, json

  • json is structured and is intended for usage by tools that process structured logs in production environments, and is not optimized for human readability.