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Nimbus Tip: Currently, Nimbus CLI is only available for macOS via Homebrew and Linux

Overview Installation on macOS Installation on Linux

Overview

VSCode and its UI are great for coding and interacting with your dev environments. However, it’s not the best place to manage dev servers, permissions, or other account/user administration. This is where Nimbus CLI comes in. With our CLI, we can unleash Nimbus’ potential and add value to your workflow.

In this tutorial, we will show you how you can install Nimbus CLI and get you ready for its various benefit.

Installation on macOS

Open your terminal

Install the latest version of Homebrew. Follow this Homebrew documentation if you have not installed it.

Run the following command to make Nimbus CLI available for `brew install`:

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brew tap usenimbus/nimbus

Run the following command to install Nimbus CLI on your macOS.

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brew install nimbus

Run the following command and enter your password to authenticate yourself.

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➜  ~ nimbus login example@gmail.com
          _               _                                    _   _ 
  _ __   (_)  _ __ ___   | |__    _   _   ___            ___  | | (_)
 | '_ \  | | | '_ ` _ \  | '_ \  | | | | / __|  _____   / __| | | | |
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_) | | |_| | \__ \ |_____| | (__  | | | |
 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_.__/   \__,_| |___/          \___| |_| |_|
                                                                     
? Please type in your login password (example@gmail.com): [input is hidden]
Log In Successful. Welcome to Nimbus!
➜  ~

Now you are ready to take advantage of all the great functionalities of Nimbus CLI!

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➜  ~ nimbus
Usage: nimbus [options] [command]

CLI to manage your dev servers on Nimbus

Options:
  -V, --version   output the version number
  -h, --help      display help for command

Commands:
  login <email>   Log In to Nimbus Account
  logout          Log out of the current Nimbus Account
  list            List All Devservers
  desc            Describe Devserver Information
  create          Create New Devserver
  delete          Delete Existing Devserver
  help [command]  display help for command
➜  ~

Installation on Linux

Open your terminal

Run the following command to download and install the Nimbus CLI:

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curl -sL https://github.com/usenimbus/archive/releases/download/nimbus-cli-v0.1.4/nimbus -o /tmp/nimbus
sudo install /tmp/nimbus /usr/local/bin/nimbus

Install Nimbus CLI

Overview

Installation on macOS

Installation on Linux