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doctl command is missing required arguments

Posted October 16, 2020 248 views
DigitalOcean API and CLI (doctl)

When trying to run 

doctl compute droplet-action power-off <droplet id> --wait true;

I get:
Error: (droplet-action.power-off) command is missing required arguments

Issue is not related to “power-off” action, it also happens on “power-on” and “snapshot”
Without “–wait true” it runs as expected;

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bobbyiliev October 16, 2020

Hi there @netomarchiori,

I don’t think that the --wait is a valid argument. Can you share the resource where you got that flag from?

You can see the available arguments for the doplet-action command here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/apis-clis/doctl/reference/compute/droplet-action/

You could use the doctl compute action wait <action-id> command instead. The command blocks the current thread, returning when an action completes.

https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/apis-clis/doctl/reference/compute/action/wait/

Regards,
Bobby

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netomarchiori October 16, 2020
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  • bobbyiliev October 16, 2020

    Hi there @netomarchiori,

    Ah yes, I see.

    What you need to do is just specify just the --wait argument without adding true at the end. So the command will look like this:

    doctl compute droplet-action power-off droplet_id --wait

    Hope that this helps!
    Regards,
    Bobby

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