generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.memverge.com/MMCloud/3.1/User%20Guide/Reference%20Guides/cli_summary/
type: CLI
name: float
provider: MemVerge
summary: >-
  "float" is MemVerge's first-party command-line interface for Memory Machine Cloud
  (MMCloud). It authenticates to the OpCenter control plane and submits, monitors,
  migrates, checkpoints, and manages containerized jobs, HPC clusters, images,
  gateways, storage, and OpCenter configuration.
docs: https://docs.memverge.com/MMCloud/3.1/User%20Guide/Reference%20Guides/cli_summary/
distribution:
  # The float binary ships inside each MMCloud software release alongside the OpCenter
  # binary; it is downloaded from the OpCenter host after deployment, not from a public
  # package registry.
  note: Bundled with each MMCloud release (OpCenter + float binary).
  shell_completion:
  - bash
  - fish
  - powershell
  - zsh
authentication:
  style: opcenter-login
  description: >-
    Authenticate with `float login` against an OpCenter address; credentials via
    -u/--username and -p/--password, an interactive prompt, or a pre-generated
    access token (-O/--token).
  flags:
  - -a, --address (OpCenter IP / host)
  - -u, --username
  - -p, --password
  - -O, --token
global_flags:
- -a, --address
- -F, --format (json | yaml | table)
- -u, --username
- -p, --password
- -O, --token
- -v, --verbose
- --logLevel
- --scroll
command_groups:
- name: Job management
  commands:
  - submit (aliases: sbatch)
  - list (aliases: squeue, ls)
  - show
  - cancel (aliases: scancel)
  - migrate
  - modify
  - suspend (aliases: hibernate)
  - resume (aliases: recover, restore)
  - rerun (aliases: requeue, resubmit)
  - promote (aliases: boost)
- name: Monitoring & status
  commands:
  - log
  - ps
  - ptop (aliases: qtop)
  - top
  - df
  - status
- name: HPC cluster management
  commands:
  - cluster (add, delete, get, ls, modify, start, stop, reconfigure, nodes, queues)
  - queue (add, delete, get, jobs, ls, modify)
  - queues
  - node (create, delete, info, list)
  - project (add, delete, get, jobs, list, modify)
- name: Infrastructure & resources
  commands:
  - hosts (aliases: sinfo)
  - gateway (create, destroy, connect, disconnect, info, list, modify)
  - image / mi (add, cache, delete, list, tags, update, upload)
  - storage
  - snapshot
- name: Configuration & system
  commands:
  - config (cert, get, ldap, list, mset, set)
  - template
  - version
  - release (info, list, migrate, sync, upgrade)
  - report (download, get, list)
  - restart (aliases: reboot)
  - license (acquire, info)
  - smtp (add, delete, get, list, update)
  - completion (bash, fish, powershell, zsh)
- name: Authentication & authorization
  commands:
  - login
  - logout
  - ldap (add, delete, get, list, update)
  - nis (add, delete, get, list, update)
  - secret (get, ls, set, unset)
  - saml
- name: User management
  commands:
  - user
  - group (add, delete, info, list, update)
  - quota-policy (add, delete, info, list, update)
key_flows:
- Log in to an OpCenter, submit a containerized job, and monitor it:
    float login -a <opcenter> -u <user> -p <pass>
    float submit -i <image> -c <cpu> -m <mem> -j job.sh
    float show -j <job-id>
- Migrate a running job to a different VM (spot resiliency) with `float migrate`.
- Suspend / resume long-running jobs with `float suspend` and `float resume`.
notes: >-
  The float CLI is the primary programmatic surface for MMCloud. The OpCenter also
  exposes a web interface; MemVerge does not publish a public REST/OpenAPI description
  for the OpCenter control plane, and OpCenter endpoints are per-deployment
  (customer-hosted), so no baseURL is asserted here.