github.com/iqoqo/nomad@v0.11.3-0.20200911112621-d7021c74d101/website/pages/docs/commands/job/init.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 layout: docs 3 page_title: 'Commands: job init' 4 sidebar_title: init 5 description: | 6 The job init command is used to generate a skeleton jobspec template. 7 --- 8 9 # Command: job init 10 11 **Alias: `nomad init`** 12 13 The `job init` command creates an example [job specification][jobspec] in the 14 current directory that demonstrates some common configurations for tasks, task 15 groups, runtime constraints, and resource allocation. 16 17 ## Usage 18 19 ```plaintext 20 nomad job init [options] [filename] 21 ``` 22 23 You may optionally supply a filename for the example job to be written to. The 24 default filename for the generated file is "example.nomad". 25 26 Please refer to the [jobspec] and [drivers] pages to learn how to customize the 27 template. 28 29 ## Init Options 30 31 - `-short`: If set, a minimal jobspec without comments is emitted. 32 - `-connect`: If set, the jobspec includes Consul Connect integration. 33 34 ## Examples 35 36 Generate an example job file: 37 38 ```shell-sessionnomad job init 39 Example job file written to example.nomad 40 ``` 41 42 [jobspec]: /docs/job-specification 'Nomad Job Specification' 43 [drivers]: /docs/drivers 'Nomad Task Drivers documentation'