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Cloud Foundry CLI

This is the official command line client for Cloud Foundry. Latest help of each command is here (or run cf help); Further documentation is at the docs page for the CLI.

If you have any questions, ask away on the #cli channel in our Slack community and the cf-dev mailing list, or open a GitHub issue. You can follow our development progress on Pivotal Tracker.

Getting Started

Download and run the installer for your platform from the Downloads Section.

Once installed, you can log in and push an app.

$ cf login -a api.[my-cloudfoundry].com
API endpoint: https://api.[my-cloudfoundry].com

Email> [my-email]

Password> [my-password]
Authenticating...
OK

$ cd [my-app-directory]
$ cf push

Check out our community contributed CLI plugins to further enhance your CLI experience.

Downloads

Installing using a package manager

Mac OS X (using Homebrew via the cloudfoundry tap):

$ brew tap cloudfoundry/tap
$ brew install cf-cli

Debian and Ubuntu based Linux distributions:

# ...first add the Cloud Foundry Foundation public key and package repository to your system
$ wget -q -O - https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/debian/cli.cloudfoundry.org.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ echo "deb http://packages.cloudfoundry.org/debian stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudfoundry-cli.list
# ...then, update your local package index, then finally install the cf CLI
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install cf-cli

Enterprise Linux and Fedora systems (RHEL6/CentOS6 and up):

# ...first configure the Cloud Foundry Foundation package repository
$ sudo wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/cloudfoundry-cli.repo https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/fedora/cloudfoundry-cli.repo
# ...then, install the cf CLI (which will also download and add the public key to your system)
$ sudo yum install cf-cli

Installers and compressed binaries

Download examples with curl for Mac OS X and Linux binaries

# ...download & extract Mac OS X binary
$ curl -L "https://cli.run.pivotal.io/stable?release=macosx64-binary&source=github" | tar -zx
# ...or Linux 64-bit binary
$ curl -L "https://cli.run.pivotal.io/stable?release=linux64-binary&source=github" | tar -zx
# ...move it to /usr/local/bin or a location you know is in your $PATH
$ mv cf /usr/local/bin
# ...and to confirm your cf CLI version
$ cf --version
cf version x.y.z-...

Edge binaries

Edge binaries are not intended for wider use; they're for developers to test new features and fixes as they are 'pushed' and passed through the CI. Follow these download links for Mac OS X 64 bit, Windows 64 bit and Linux 64 bit.

Known Issues

• In Cygwin and Git Bash on Windows, interactive prompts (such as in cf login) do not work (see #171). Please use alternative commands (e.g. cf api and cf auth to cf login) or option -f to suppress the prompts.
• .cfignore used in cf push must be in UTF8 encoding for CLI to interpret correctly.
• On Linux, when encountering message "bash: .cf: No such file or directory", ensure that you're using the correct binary or installer for your architecture. See http://askubuntu.com/questions/133389/no-such-file-or-directory-but-the-file-exists

Filing Issues & Feature Requests

First, update to the latest cli and try the command again.

If the error remains or feature still missing, check the open issues and if not already raised please file a new issue with the requested details.

Plugin Development

For development guide on writing a cli plugin, see here.

Contributing & Build Instructions

Please read the contributors' guide

If you'd like to submit updated translations, please see the i18n README for instructions on how to submit an update.