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ibmcloud target — Set or view the target account, region, or resource group. More information: <https://cloud.ibm.com/

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Problem

How to use the ibmcloud target command: Set or view the target account, region, or resource group. More information: <https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cli?topic=cli-ibmcloud_cli#ibmcloud_target>.

Solution

ibmcloud target — Set or view the target account, region, or resource group. More information: <https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cli?topic=cli-ibmcloud_cli#ibmcloud_target>.

View the current target account and region:

ibmcloud target

Set the target account:

ibmcloud target -c {{account_id}}

Switch to a specific region:

ibmcloud target -r {{region_name}}

Set the target resource group:

ibmcloud target -g {{resource_group_name}}

Clear the targeted region:

ibmcloud target --unset-region

Clear the targeted resource group:

ibmcloud target --unset-resource-group

Code Snippets

View the current target account and region

ibmcloud target

Set the target account

ibmcloud target -c {{account_id}}

Switch to a specific region

ibmcloud target -r {{region_name}}

Set the target resource group

ibmcloud target -g {{resource_group_name}}

Clear the targeted region

ibmcloud target --unset-region

Context

tldr-pages: common/ibmcloud target

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