---
title: "cnode add"
slug: "cnode-add"
tags: ["5.5"]
updated: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
published: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/cnode-add"
---

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# cnode add

This command adds a CNode to a cluster.

#### Usage

```plaintext
cnode add --ip IP
         [--cluster-id ID] 
         [--force]
```

#### Required Parameters

| `--ip IP` | Specifies the IP address to be assigned to the CNode. |
| --- | --- |

#### Options

| `--cluster-id ID` | Specifies the ID of the cluster to which to add the CNode. |
| --- | --- |
| `--force` | Lets you add a CNode whose CPU isolation (`isolcpus`) settings are not aligned with other CNodes in the same CBox. |

#### Example

This example shows adding a CNode with IP 203.0.13.43 to cluster 2:

```plaintext
vcli: admin> cnode add --ip 203.0.13.43 --cluster-id 2
```