5. Install Codefresh CLI

The Codefresh command-line tool, codefresh, allows you to manage your Codefresh deployments from your terminal

Installing the Codefresh CLI

Find your version by looking at the latest releases.

  • At the terminal command prompt, enter the following commands to download the CLI locally:

    cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/codefresh-io/cli-v2/releases/latest/download/cf-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar zxvf cf-linux-amd64.tar.gz

  • To will install cf in your Cloud9 environment

    chmod +x ./cf-linux-amd64
sudo mv ./cf-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/cf

  • To validate the command is installed properly:

    cf version

You should see the codefresh version message.

Connecting your CLI with your Codefresh account

To connect your Codefresh CLi with your own account you need to setup authentication.

  • Sign in Codefresh and visit your user settings at https://g.codefresh.io/user/settings

  • Scroll down until the API Keys section and click the Generate button Codefresh API settings

  • Enter an arbitrary key name (for example aws-workshop) and enable the first checkbox next to Scopes.

  • Finally click the Create button in the dialog and make sure to copy the API Token that was generated (it will not be visible again after you leave this screen) Codefresh API Token

  • In your terminal enter the following:

    cf config create-context codefresh --api-key <your_key_here>

  • Now the CLI is authenticated against your Codefresh account. You can verify the authentication with the following command:

    cf get context