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VCF Consumption Command Line Interface

Download the VCF Consumption CLI to access and manage workloads on Supervisor namespaces
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Get started with VCF Consumption CLI

VCF CLI lets you manage your workloads. Below are a few steps that will help you get started.

  1. Verify that the SHA256 checksum of vcf-cli.tar.gz Click to copy matches the checksum in the provided file sha256sum.txt Click to copy . Download the file and the checksum to the same directory and run command shasum --algorithm 256 --check sha256sum.txt Click to copy . The output should be vcf-cli.tar.gz: OK Click to copy Verify that the SHA256 checksum of vcf-cli.tar.gz Click to copy matches the checksum in the provided file sha256sum.txt Click to copy . Download the file and the checksum to the same directory and run command shasum --algorithm 256 --check sha256sum.txt Click to copy . The output should be vcf-cli.tar.gz: OK Click to copy Verify that the SHA256 checksum of vcf-cli.zip Click to copy matches the checksum in the provided file sha256sum.txt Click to copy . In Powershell run command Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 -Path vcf-cli.zip Click to copy to display the checksum
  2. Unzip the contents of the .zip file and put it in your OS's executable search path Extract the contents of the .tar.gz file using tar -xvzf vcf-cli.tar.gz Click to copy and put the content in your OS's executable search path
  3. Run command vcf context create --endpoint=<Supervisor IP_or_hostname> Click to copy to log in to the Supervisor
  4. Run command vcf context list Click to copy to view a list of your contexts
  5. Run command vcf context use <context> Click to copy to make the context as current-context


Download the CLI tools package to view and control namespaces
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Get started with CLI Plugin

Kubernetes CLI tool lets you manage your namespaces. Below are a few steps that will help you get started.

  1. Verify that the SHA256 checksum of vsphere*-plugin.zip Click to copy matches the checksum in the provided file sha256sum.txt. Run command shasum --algorithm 256 --check sha256sum.txt < vsphere*-plugin.zip Click to copy and look for "OK" in the results Verify that the SHA256 checksum of vsphere*-plugin.zip Click to copy matches the checksum in the provided file sha256sum.txt. Run command shasum --algorithm 256 --check sha256sum.txt < vsphere*-plugin.zip Click to copy and look for "OK" in the results Verify that the SHA256 checksum of vsphere*-plugin.zip Click to copy matches the checksum in the provided file sha256sum.txt. In Powershell run command Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 -Path vsphere*-plugin.zip Click to copy to display the checksum
  2. Put the contents of the .zip file in your OS's executable search path
  3. Run command kubectl vsphere login --server=<IP_or_hostname> Click to copy to log in to server
  4. Run command kubectl config get-contexts Click to copy to view a list of your contexts
  5. Run command kubectl config use-context <context> Click to copy to make the context as current-context.