Installation & Configuration

Installation

Python installation (3.10 or higher)

• macOS (requires Homebrew):

  brew install python
  

• Windows:

  • Winget:

    winget install --exact --id=Python.Python.3.11
    

  • Chocolatey

    choco install python
    

Installation and update (latest release build)

• Installation (provides cpo command):

  pip3 install cloud-pak-operations-cli
  

• Update:

  pip3 install --upgrade cloud-pak-operations-cli
  

Installation and update (latest development code)

• Installation (provides cpo command):

  pip3 install git+https://git@github.com/IBM/cloud-pak-operations-cli.git
  

• Update:

  cpo adm update-dev
  

Configuration

Dependency download

• Downloads dependencies (IBM Cloud CLI, IBM Cloud Pak CLI, OpenShift CLI)

  cpo adm download-dependencies
  

Shell completion (Linux/macOS)

• Bash: Add the following code to .bashrc:

  . $(cpo adm get-shell-completion-script-location --shell bash)
  

• zsh: Add the following code to .zshrc:

  . $(cpo adm get-shell-completion-script-location --shell zsh)
  

Running inside a Docker container

The latest version of the IBM Cloud Pak Operations CLI on the master branch can also be run inside a Docker container:

docker run --interactive --tty quay.io/ibm/cloud-pak-operations-cli:latest bash