palmctl

This is the command-line interface tool for IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh (Mesh). It is used to configure and manage the Mesh product.

You can subscribe to Mesh at My IBM. Once you have done that, visit Mesh CLI Guide for a brief overview of palmctl, along with its installation procedure and some examples.

Downloading and Installing the CLI on Ubuntu

PALMCTL_FILE_NAME=palmctl_latest_amd64.deb
curl -sSfLO https://github.com/IBM/palmctl/releases/latest/download/$PALMCTL_FILE_NAME
sudo apt install "$PWD/$PALMCTL_FILE_NAME"

Downloading and Installing the CLI on RHEL

PALMCTL_FILE_NAME=palmctl_latest_x86_64.rpm
curl -sSfLO https://github.com/IBM/palmctl/releases/latest/download/$PALMCTL_FILE_NAME
sudo rpm -i "$PWD/$PALMCTL_FILE_NAME"

Downloading and Installing on Mac OSX amd64

PALMCTL_FILE_NAME=palmctl_latest_macos_amd64.tar.gz
curl -sSfLO https://github.com/IBM/palmctl/releases/latest/download/$PALMCTL_FILE_NAME
tar -xvf $PALMCTL_FILE_NAME
sudo ./palmctl/install.sh
source /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/bash_palmctl_completion

Downloading and Installing on Mac OSX arm64

PALMCTL_FILE_NAME=palmctl_latest_macos_arm64.tar.gz
curl -sSfLO https://github.com/IBM/palmctl/releases/latest/download/$PALMCTL_FILE_NAME
tar -xvf $PALMCTL_FILE_NAME
sudo ./palmctl/install.sh
source /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/bash_palmctl_completion

Mac OSX notes:

• To enable auto-completion in the zsh or fish shells, see the output of the sudo ./palmctl/install.sh command.
• If you download the palmctl package using the browser, when you run palmctl, OSX will give you the error message "palmctl" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. To enable it, open System Settings, go to the Privacy & Security tab, and scroll to the Security section. You will see "palmctl" was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer. Click Allow Anyway. (The palmctl OSX package will be notarized in a future release.)

Verifying the CLI installation:

palmctl --version