kitura-cli

README

Kitura command-line interface

This Go package provides a kitura command-line interface, to simplify the process of creating Kitura applications.

Installation on macOS (via Homebrew)

Kitura's CLI may be installed using Homebrew:

$ brew tap Kitura-Next/kitura
$ brew install kitura

Installation (simple)

You can install (either on Mac or Linux) with this one-liner:

$ curl -fsSL https://github.com/Kitura-Next/kitura-cli/releases/latest/download/install.sh | sudo bash

The kitura binary will be placed in your /usr/local/bin directory.

Installation (manual)

If you'd prefer not to use a script, the binary can be installed manually by downloading the release binary from GitHub. In the following commands, substitute <release> for the version of the CLI you are installing.

On Mac:

$ curl -LO https://github.com/Kitura-Next/kitura-cli/releases/download/<release>/kitura-cli_<release>_darwin.tar.gz
$ tar -xzf kitura-cli_<release>_darwin.tar.gz
$ sudo mv darwin-amd64/kitura /usr/local/bin/

On Linux:

curl -LO https://github.com/Kitura-Next/kitura-cli/releases/download/<release>/kitura-cli_<release>_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./kitura-cli_<release>_amd64.deb

Usage

Usage:
  kitura [command]

Available Commands:
  build       Build the project in a local container
  help        Help about any command
  idt         Install IBM Cloud Developer Tools
  init        Initialize a Kitura project
  run         Run the project in a local container.

Flags:
  -h, --help     help for kitura
  -v, --version   Prints the kitura-cli version number.

Release process

Instructions on releasing a new version of the kitura-cli can be found here.