Install mesheryctl

Meshery’s command line client is mesheryctl. To install mesheryctl on your system, you may choose from any of the following supported methods.

Bash

Install and Upgrade

Install mesheryctl command

 

 

  $ curl -L https://meshery.io/install | DEPLOY_MESHERY=false bash -
 
 

Install mesheryctl command and deploy Meshery on Docker

 

 

  $ curl -L https://meshery.io/install | PLATFORM=docker bash -
 
 

Install mesheryctl command and deploy Meshery on Kubernetes

 

 

  $ curl -L https://meshery.io/install | PLATFORM=kubernetes bash -
 
 

Install mesheryctl command and choose an adapter to be loaded.

 

 

  $ curl -L https://meshery.io/install | ADAPTERS=consul PLATFORM=kubernetes bash -
 
 

Homebrew

Install

To install mesheryctl using homebrew, execute the following commands.

 

 $ brew tap layer5io/tap
 $ brew install mesheryctl
 

You need to have brew installed on your Mac or Linux system to perform these actions.

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

To upgrade mesheryctl, execute the following command.

 

 $ brew upgrade mesheryctl
 
 

Example output of a successful upgrade:

➜  ~ brew upgrade mesheryctl
==> Upgrading 1 outdated package:
layer5io/tap/mesheryctl 0.3.2 -> 0.3.4
==> Upgrading layer5io/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!

Kubernetes

Install

Using mesheryctl

 

 $ mesheryctl system context create k8s -p kubernetes -s
 $ mesheryctl system start
 

Don’t have mesheryctl? Install with Bash, Brew, or Scoop.

Using Helm

 

 $ kubectl create ns meshery
 $ helm repo add meshery https://meshery.io/charts/
 $ helm install meshery meshery/meshery -n meshery
 

Not a Helm user? Use the Meshery manifests directly.

Using Manifests

 

 $ git clone https://github.com/layer5io/meshery.git; cd meshery
 $ kubectl create ns meshery
 $ kubectl -n meshery apply -f install/deployment_yamls/k8s
 

Scoop

mesheryctl can be installed via Scoop (a package manager for Windows, just like apt for Ubuntu). To install mesheryctl using Scoop, execute the following commands.

Install

 $ scoop bucket add mesheryctl https://github.com/layer5io/scoop-bucket.git
 $ scoop install mesheryctl

You need to have scoop installed on your Windows system to perform these actions.

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

 $ 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

To upgrade mesheryctl, just execute the following command.

 $ scoop update mesheryctl

Continue deploying Meshery onto one of the Supported Platforms.