Install the Cloud Foundry CLI

What?

The Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface (cf CLI) is a tool used to deploy and manage your applications, users, and services in a CF environment.

How?

Download and run the latest CLI release installer from GitHub

Expected Result

Open the command line and run cf version. The output should look like…

$ cf version
cf version x.xx.x-xxxxxxx

Next run cf help -a to see all the commands at your disposal.

Resources

• Aside from the Official Cloud Foundry CLI Docs, the output from cf help -a is probably your most useful resource. It is, however, a little long. Use Linux’s grep command to find what you’re looking for (tip number 6 in that link is especially useful).
• For more tips on using a command line, check out this quick and dirty overview of the command line and how to use it.

Relevant Repos

• CLI: cloudfoundry/cli