kbcli

kbcli is a command line interface (CLI) tool for KubeBlocks.

kbcli has the following features:

• Manage KubeBlocks, including installation, uninstallation, viewing status, and upgrading, etc.
• Manage clusters, including creating, deleting, configuration changes, backups and restores, etc.
• Support playgrounds to quickly experience KubeBlocks locally or on the cloud.

Install kbcli

Install kbcli on Linux

Install with curl

Install the latest linux kbcli to /usr/local/bin

curl -fsSL https://kubeblocks.io/installer/install_cli.sh | bash

Install using native package management

Debian-based distributions

1. Update the apt package index and install packages needed to use the kbcli apt repository:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install curl

2. Download the kbcli public signing key:

   curl -fsSL https://apecloud.github.io/kbcli-apt/public.key | sudo apt-key add -

3. Add the kbcli apt repository:

   echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64] https://apecloud.github.io/kbcli-apt/repo stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kbcli.list

4. update apt package index with the new repository and install kbcli:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install kbcli

For Debian-based distributions, in addition to the installation method above, you can also install it through the following methods:

echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://apt.fury.io/kubeblocks/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kbcli.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install kbcli

Red Hat-based distributions

1. Installs the package yum-utils using the package manager yum.

   sudo yum install -y yum-utils

2. Add a new repository to the YUM configuration using yum-config-manager

   sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://yum.fury.io/kubeblocks/

3. Update the local cache of available packages and metadata from all configured YUM repositories.

   sudo yum makecache

4. Install the kbcli.

   sudo yum install kbcli --nogpgcheck

5. Install the specified version of kbcli.

   sudo yum install kbcli-0.6.0~beta24 --nogpgcheck

Install kbcli on macOS

Install with curl

Install the latest darwin kbcli to /usr/local/bin.

curl -fsSL https://kubeblocks.io/installer/install_cli.sh | bash

Install with Homebrew

brew tap apecloud/tap
brew install kbcli

Install kbcli on Windows

Install with powershell

1. Run PowerShell as an administrator and execute Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted.
2. Run following script to automatically install kbcli at C:\Program Files\kbcli-windows-amd64.

powershell -Command " & ([scriptblock]::Create((iwr https://www.kubeblocks.io/installer/install_cli.ps1)))"

Install with winGet

Make sure your powershell/CMD support winget and run:

winget install kbcli

Install with scoop

scoop bucket add scoop-bucket https://github.com/apecloud/scoop-bucket.git
scoop install kbcli

Install with chocolatey

choco install kbcli

Install using the Binary Releases

Each release of kbcli includes various OSes and architectures. These binary versions can be manually downloaded and installed.

1. Download your desired kbcli version
2. Unpack it (e.g. kbcli-linux-amd64-v0.5.2.tar.gz, kbcli-darwin-amd64-v0.5.2.tar.gz)
3. Move it to your desired location.
   • For Linux/macOS - /usr/local/bin or any other directory in your $PATH
   • For Windows, create a directory and add it to you System PATH. We recommend creating a C:\Program Files\kbcli directory and adding it to the PATH.

Install KubeBlocks on your local machine

This guide walks you through the quickest way to get started with KubeBlocks, demonstrating how to create a demo environment (Playground) with one kbcli command.

Prerequisites

Meet the following requirements for a smooth user experience:

• Minimum system requirements:

  • CPU: 4 cores, use sysctl hw.physicalcpu command to check CPU;
  • RAM: 4 GB, use top -d command to check memory.

• Make sure the following tools are installed on your laptop:

  • Docker: v20.10.5 (runc ≥ v1.0.0-rc93) or above;
  • kubectl: it is used to interact with Kubernetes clusters;

Initialize Playground

kbcli playground init

This command:

1. Creates a Kubernetes cluster in the container with K3d.
2. Deploys KubeBlocks in the K3d cluster.
3. Creates a standalone MySQL cluster.

NOTE: If you previously ran kbcli playground init and it failed, running it again may cause errors. Please run the kbcli playground destroy command first to clean up the environment, then run kbcli playground init again.

Check the MySQL cluster repeatedly until the status becomes Running.

kbcli cluster list

Try KubeBlocks with Playground

View the database cluster list.

kbcli cluster list

View the details of a specified database cluster, such as STATUS, Endpoints, Topology, Images.

kbcli cluster describe mycluster

Wait until the status of this cluster is Running, run kbcli cluster connect to access a specified database cluster. For example,

kbcli cluster connect mycluster

List and open the grafana dashboard.

# list all dashboards
kbcli dashboard list

# open grafana dashboard
kbcli dashboard open kubeblocks-grafana

Destroy Playground

kbcli playground destroy

Reference Documentation

See the Reference Documentation for more information about kbcli commands.

Contributing to kbcli

See the Contributing Guide to get started with building and developing.

Code of Conduct

Please refer to our KubeBlocks Code of Conduct

License

kbcli is under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. See the LICENSE file for details.