CLI lacks direct existing-server onboarding flags (--server-host, --server-user, --server-ssh-key)

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Description

The CLI requires deploy.server.host in stacker.yml for server deployment, but provides no CLI flags to register a server directly from command-line arguments. Users must edit stacker.yml manually before deploying to an existing server.

Affected Projects

ArchiveBox, AstrBot, activepieces, gitea, mastodon

Current Behavior

stacker deploy --target server --dry-run
# Error: Server host is required for server deployment. Set deploy.server.host in stacker.yml

The CLI help shows:

• stacker deploy --help — only --server <SERVER_NAME> for reusing a saved server
• No --server-host, --server-user, --server-ssh-key flags
• No stacker server add/register command

Expected Behavior

stacker deploy --target server \
  --server-host 1.2.3.4 \
  --server-user root \
  --server-ssh-key ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

Or a separate command:

stacker server add --host 1.2.3.4 --user root --key ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

Use Case

Automated deployments where server details come from environment variables, not from editing stacker.yml files.