Brew

Install Meshery CLI with Brew

Prerequisites

You need to have Brew installed on your Linux or macOS system to perform these actions.

Install mesheryctl using Brew

To install mesheryctl using homebrew, execute the following commands.


 

 $ brew install mesheryctl

You’re ready to run Meshery. To do so, execute the following command.




 $ mesheryctl system start

Meshery server supports customizing authentication flow callback URL, which can be configured in the following way




 $ MESHERY_SERVER_CALLBACK_URL=https://custom-host mesheryctl system start

mesheryctl uses your current Kubernetes context, your KUBECONFIG environment variable (~/.kube/config by default). Confirm if this Kubernetes cluster you want Meshery to interact with by running the following command: kubectl config get-contexts.

If there are multiple contexts in your kubeconfig file, specify the one you want to use with the use-context subcommand: kubectl config use-context <context-to-use>.

Upgrade mesheryctl using Brew

To upgrade mesheryctl, execute the following command.


 

 $ brew upgrade mesheryctl
Example output of a successful upgrade. 

➜  ~ brew upgrade mesheryctl
==> Upgrading 1 outdated package:
meshery/tap/mesheryctl 0.3.2 -> 0.3.4
==> Upgrading meshery/tap/mesheryctl
==> Downloading https://github.com/layer5io/meshery/releases/download/v0.3.4/mesheryctl_0.3.4_Darwin_x86_64.zip
==> Downloading from https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/157554479/17522b00-2af0-11ea-8aef-cbfe8
######################################################################## 100.0%
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/mesheryctl/0.3.4: 5 files, 10.2MB, built in 4 seconds
Removing: /usr/local/Cellar/mesheryctl/0.3.2... (5 files, 10.2MB)
Removing: /Users/lee/Library/Caches/Homebrew/mesheryctl--0.3.2.zip... (3.9MB)
==> Checking for dependents of upgraded formulae...
==> No dependents found!

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