# Plugin `juju-metadata` #### IMPORTANT If you’ve installed `juju` via snap, this plugin is probably already on your $PATH, so you can go ahead and use it as you would any other `juju` command. **Usage:** ```none juju metadata [flags] ... ``` **Summary:** tools for generating and validating image and tools metadata **Flags:** ```none --debug (= false) ``` Equivalent to –show-log –logging-config==DEBUG ```none --description (= false) ``` Show short description of plugin, if any ```none -h, --help (= false) ``` Show help on a command or other topic. ```none --log-file (= "") ``` Path to write log to ```none --logging-config (= "") ``` Specify log levels for modules ```none -q, --quiet (= false) ``` Show no informational output ```none --show-log (= false) ``` If set, write the log file to stderr ```none -v, --verbose (= false) ``` Show more verbose output **Details:** Juju metadata is used to find the correct image and agent binaries when bootstrapping a Juju model. commands: ```none add-image - adds image metadata to model delete-image - deletes image metadata from environment generate-agents - generate simplestreams agent metadata generate-image - generate simplestreams image metadata generate-tools - Alias for 'generate-agents'. help - Show help on a command or other topic. list-images - lists cloud image metadata used when choosing an image to start sign - sign simplestreams metadata validate-agents - check that compressed tar archives (.tgz) for the Juju agent binaries are available validate-images - validate image metadata and ensure image(s) exist for a model validate-tools - Alias for 'validate-agents'. ```