To start using the Tanzu Service Mesh CLI, you must log in to the SaaS endpoint on which you want to perform actions.

Prerequisites

  • Install the CLI.

  • The Tanzu Service Mesh CLI interacts with Tanzu Service Mesh SaaS. Make sure that you know the URL of the Tanzu Service Mesh SaaS server.

  • In VMware Cloud Services, generate an API token to authenticate with the Tanzu Service Mesh SaaS server. For instructions on generating an API token, see step 1 in Authentication with the Tanzu Service Mesh REST API.

Procedure

  • ♦On the machine where the Tanzu Service Mesh is installed, open a terminal window and run the following CLI command. 
    tanzu sm login -s {SaaS server host} -t {API token}

    sm is the alias for the Tanzu Service Mesh plugin in the Tanzu CLI. You can replace sm with service-mesh. {SaaS server host} is the host name in the URL of the Tanzu Service Mesh SaaS server, and {API token} is the generated API token.

    For example, if the URL of the Tanzu Service Mesh SaaS server is https://my-tsm-prod.servicemesh.biz, provide the host name my-tsm-prod.servicemesh.biz in the command.

Results

You can now run other CLI commands. To get a list of the available commands, run tanzu sm -h.