The information in this doc is based on Juju version 3.5.5, and may not accurately reflect other versions of Juju.
See also: remove-machine, model-constraints, set-model-constraints
Summary
Provision a new machine or assign one to the model.
Usage
juju add-machine [options] [<container-type>[:<machine-id>] | ssh:[<user>@]<host> | <placement>] | <private-key> | <public-key>
Options
| Flag | Default | Usage |
|---|---|---|
-B, --no-browser-login |
false | Do not use web browser for authentication |
--base |
The operating system base to install on the new machine(s) | |
--constraints |
Machine constraints that overwrite those available from ‘juju model-constraints’ and provider’s defaults | |
--disks |
Storage constraints for disks to attach to the machine(s) | |
-m, --model |
Model to operate in. Accepts [<controller name>:]<model name>|<model UUID> | |
-n |
1 | The number of machines to add |
--private-key |
Path to the private key to use during the connection | |
--public-key |
Path to the public key to add to the remote authorized keys | |
--series |
The operating system series to install on the new machine(s). DEPRECATED use --base |
Examples
Start a new machine by requesting one from the cloud provider:
juju add-machine
Start 2 new machines:
juju add-machine -n 2
Start a LXD container on a new machine instance and add both as machines:
juju add-machine lxd
Start two machine instances, each hosting a LXD container, then add all four as machines:
juju add-machine lxd -n 2
Create a container on machine 4 and add it as a machine:
juju add-machine lxd:4
Start a new machine and require that it has 8GB RAM:
juju add-machine --constraints mem=8G
Start a new machine within the “us-east-1a” availability zone:
juju add-machine --constraints zones=us-east-1a
Start a new machine with at least 4 CPU cores and 16GB RAM, and request three storage volumes to be attached to it. Two are large capacity (1TB) HDD and one is a lower capacity (100GB) SSD. Note: ‘ebs’ and ‘ebs-ssd’ are storage pools specific to AWS.
juju add-machine --constraints="cores=4 mem=16G" --disks="ebs,1T,2 ebs-ssd,100G,1"
Allocate a machine to the model via SSH:
juju add-machine ssh:user@10.10.0.3
Allocate a machine specifying the private key to use during the connection:
juju add-machine ssh:user@10.10.0.3 --private-key /tmp/id_rsa
Allocate a machine specifying a public key to set in the list of authorized keys in the machine:
juju add-machine ssh:user@10.10.0.3 --public-key /tmp/id_rsa.pub
Allocate a machine specifying a public key to set in the list of authorized keys and the private key to used during the connection:
juju add-machine ssh:user@10.10.0.3 --public-key /tmp/id_rsa.pub --private-key /tmp/id_rsa
Allocate a machine to the model. Note: specific to MAAS.
juju add-machine host.internal
Details
Add a new machine to the model. The command operates in three modes, depending on the options provided:
- provision a new machine from the cloud (default, see “Provisioning a new machine”)
- create an operating system container (see “Container creation”)
- connect to a live computer and allocate it as a machine (see “Manual provisioning”)
The add-machine command is unavailable in k8s clouds. Provisioning a new machine is unavailable on the manual cloud provider.
Once the add-machine command has finished, the machine’s ID can be used as a placement directive for deploying applications. Machine IDs are also accessible via ‘juju status’ and ‘juju machines’.
Provisioning a new machine
When add-machine is called without arguments, Juju provisions a new machine instance from the current cloud. The machine’s specifications, including whether the machine is virtual or physical depends on the cloud.
To control which instance type is provisioned, use the --constraints and –base options. --base can be specified using the OS name and the version of the OS, separated by @. For example, --base ubuntu@22.04.
To add storage volumes to the instance, provide a whitespace-delimited list of storage constraints to the --disks option.
Add “placement directives” as an argument give Juju additional information about how to allocate the machine in the cloud. For example, one can direct the MAAS provider to acquire a particular node by specifying its hostname.
Manual provisioning
Call add-machine with the address of a network-accessible computer to allocate that machine to the model.
Manual provisioning is the process of installing Juju on an existing machine and bringing it under Juju’s management. The Juju controller must be able to access the new machine over the network.
Container creation
If a operating system container type is specified (e.g. “lxd” or “kvm”), then add-machine will allocate a container of that type on a new machine instance. Both the new instance, and the new container will be available as machines in the model.
It is also possible to add containers to existing machines using the format <container-type>:<machine-id>. Constraints cannot be combined this mode.
Further reading: https://juju.is/docs/reference/commands/add-machine https://juju.is/docs/reference/constraints