reworked usage/description for netclient and added verbosity flags

netclient/cli_options/cmds.go

@@ -3,11 +3,22 @@ package cli_options
 import (
 	"errors"
 
+	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/logger"
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/netclient/command"
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/netclient/config"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
+func parseVerbosity(c *cli.Context) {
+	if c.Bool("V") {
+		logger.Verbosity = 1
+	} else if c.Bool("VV") {
+		logger.Verbosity = 2
+	} else if c.Bool("VVV") {
+		logger.Verbosity = 3
+	}
+}
+
 // GetCommands - return commands that CLI uses
 func GetCommands(cliFlags []cli.Flag) []*cli.Command {
 	return []*cli.Command{
@@ -16,6 +27,7 @@ func GetCommands(cliFlags []cli.Flag) []*cli.Command {
 			Usage: "Join a Netmaker network.",
 			Flags: cliFlags,
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+				parseVerbosity(c)
 				cfg, pvtKey, err := config.GetCLIConfig(c)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
@@ -39,6 +51,7 @@ func GetCommands(cliFlags []cli.Flag) []*cli.Command {
 			// the action, or code that will be executed when
 			// we execute our `ns` command
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+				parseVerbosity(c)
 				cfg, _, err := config.GetCLIConfig(c)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
@@ -54,6 +67,7 @@ func GetCommands(cliFlags []cli.Flag) []*cli.Command {
 			// the action, or code that will be executed when
 			// we execute our `ns` command
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+				parseVerbosity(c)
 				cfg, _, err := config.GetCLIConfig(c)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
@@ -69,6 +83,7 @@ func GetCommands(cliFlags []cli.Flag) []*cli.Command {
 			// the action, or code that will be executed when
 			// we execute our `ns` command
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+				parseVerbosity(c)
 				cfg, _, err := config.GetCLIConfig(c)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
@@ -84,6 +99,7 @@ func GetCommands(cliFlags []cli.Flag) []*cli.Command {
 			// the action, or code that will be executed when
 			// we execute our `ns` command
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+				parseVerbosity(c)
 				err := command.Uninstall()
 				return err
 			},
@@ -93,6 +109,8 @@ func GetCommands(cliFlags []cli.Flag) []*cli.Command {
 			Usage: "run netclient as daemon",
 			Flags: cliFlags,
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+				// set max verbosity for daemon regardless
+				logger.Verbosity = 3
 				err := command.Daemon()
 				return err
 			},

netclient/cli_options/flags.go

@@ -204,5 +204,23 @@ func GetFlags(hostname string) []cli.Flag {
 			Value:   "no",
 			Usage:   "Allows to run the command with force, if otherwise prevented.",
 		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:    "verbosity-level-1",
+			Aliases: []string{"V"},
+			Value:   false,
+			Usage:   "Netclient Verbosity level 1.",
+		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:    "verbosity-level-2",
+			Aliases: []string{"VV"},
+			Value:   false,
+			Usage:   "Netclient Verbosity level 2.",
+		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:    "verbosity-level-3",
+			Aliases: []string{"VVV"},
+			Value:   false,
+			Usage:   "Netclient Verbosity level 3.",
+		},
 	}
 }

netclient/config/config.go

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ type ClientConfig struct {
 	Daemon          string         `yaml:"daemon"`
 	OperatingSystem string         `yaml:"operatingsystem"`
 	DebugOn         bool           `yaml:"debugon"`
-	
 }
 
 // ServerConfig - struct for dealing with the server information for a netclient
@@ -168,6 +167,9 @@ func ReplaceWithBackup(network string) error {
 // GetCLIConfig - gets the cli flags as a config
 func GetCLIConfig(c *cli.Context) (ClientConfig, string, error) {
 	var cfg ClientConfig
+	if c.String("version") != "" {
+		return cfg, c.String("version"), nil
+	}
 	if c.String("token") != "" {
 		tokenbytes, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(c.String("token"))
 		if err != nil {

netclient/main.go

@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ var version = "dev"
 
 func main() {
 	app := cli.NewApp()
-	app.Name = "Netclient CLI"
-	app.Usage = "Netmaker's netclient agent and CLI. Used to perform interactions with Netmaker server and set local WireGuard config."
+	app.Name = "Netclient"
 	app.Version = version
 	ncutils.SetVersion(version)
-
 	cliFlags := cli_options.GetFlags(ncutils.GetHostname())
 	app.Commands = cli_options.GetCommands(cliFlags[:])
+	app.Description = "Used to perform interactions with Netmaker server and set local WireGuard config."
+	app.Usage = "Netmaker's netclient agent and CLI."
+	app.UsageText = "netclient [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]. Adjust verbosity of given command with -V, -VV or -VVV (max)."
 
 	setGarbageCollection()
 

netclient/ncutils/netclientutils.go

@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 )
 
+var (
 	// Version - version of the netclient
-var Version = "dev"
+	Version = "dev"
+)
 
 // MAX_NAME_LENGTH - maximum node name length
 const MAX_NAME_LENGTH = 62