RunPod CLI

runpodctl is the CLI tool to automate / manage GPU pods for runpod.io.

Note: All pods automatically come with runpodctl installed with a pod-scoped API key.

Table of Contents

• RunPod CLI
  • Table of Contents
  • Get Started
    • Install
      • Linux/MacOS (WSL)
      • MacOS
      • Windows PowerShell
  • Tutorial
  • Transferring Data (file send/receive)
    • To send a file
    • To receive a file
    • Using Google Drive
  • Pod Commands
  • Acknowledgements

Get Started

Install

Linux/MacOS (WSL)

# Download and install via wget
wget -qO- cli.runpod.net | sudo bash

MacOS

# Using homebrew
brew install runpod/runpodctl/runpodctl

Windows PowerShell

wget https://github.com/runpod/runpodctl/releases/latest/download/runpodctl-windows-amd64.exe -O runpodctl.exe

Tutorial

Please checkout this video tutorial for a detailed walkthrough of runpodctl.

Video Chapters:

• Installing the latest version of runpodctl
• Uploading large datasets
• File transfers from PC to RunPod
• Downloading folders from RunPod
• Adding runpodctl to your environment path
• Downloading model files

Transferring Data (file send/receive)

Note: The send and receive commands do not require API keys due to the built-in security of one-time codes.

Run the following on the computer that has the file you want to send

To send a file

runpodctl send data.txt

Example output:

Sending 'data.txt' (5 B)
Code is: 8338-galileo-collect-fidel
On the other computer run

runpodctl receive 8338-galileo-collect-fidel

To receive a file

runpodctl receive 8338-galileo-collect-fidel

Example output:

Receiving 'data.txt' (5 B)

Receiving (<-149.36.0.243:8692)
data.txt 100% |████████████████████| ( 5/ 5B, 0.040 kB/s)

Using Google Drive

You can use the following links for google colab

Send

Receive

Pod Commands

Before using pod commands, configure the API key obtained from your RunPod account.

# configure API key
runpodctl config --apiKey={key}

# Get all pods
runpodctl get pod

# Get a pod
runpodctl get pod {podId}

# Start an ondemand pod.
runpodctl start pod {podId}

# Start a spot pod with bid.
# The bid price you set is the price you will pay if not outbid:
runpodctl start pod {podId} --bid=0.3

# Stop a pod
runpodctl stop pod {podId}

For a comprehensive list of commands, visit RunPod CLI documentation.

Acknowledgements

• cobra
• croc
• golang
• nebula
• viper