Install Tanzu Accelerator CLI

This topic tells you how to install the Tanzu Accelerator CLI.

Note

Follow the steps in this topic if you do not want to use a profile to install Tanzu Accelerator CLI. For more information about profiles, see About Tanzu Application Platform components and profiles.

Prerequisites

Before you install the Tanzu Accelerator CLI:

• Follow the instructions to Install or update the Tanzu CLI and plug-ins.

Install

To install the Tanzu Accelerator CLI:

1. From the $HOME/tanzu directory, run:

   tanzu plugin install --local ./cli accelerator
   

2. To verify that the CLI is installed correctly, run:

   tanzu accelerator version
   

   A version will be displayed in the output.

   If the following error is displayed during installation:

   Error: could not find plug-in "accelerator" in any known repositories
   
   ✖  could not find plug-in "accelerator" in any known repositories
   

   Verify that there is an accelerator entry in the cli/manifest.yaml file:

   plugins:
   ...
       - name: accelerator
       description: Manage accelerators in a Kubernetes cluster
       versions: []