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Use this page when you have IDYL access and want to start from the terminal.

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1. Install the CLI

Choose the install path for your operating system.
Add the IDYL Homebrew tap, then install the CLI:
You can also use the install script:
Verify the installation:

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2. Log in

The CLI authenticates your session and saves the context used by later commands.

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3. Check the active context

Review the active account, profile, Namespace, optional Workspace, and Subnet before running commands that create or change resources.

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4. Select a Namespace, optional Workspace, and Subnet

If the active values are not the ones you want to use, update the context:
Use idyl use <namespace>/<workspace> when file or Run commands should use a Workspace in that Namespace. See Workspaces. Commands that accept --workspace, --namespace, or --subnet can also override the saved context for one command.

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5. Choose a workflow

Deploy a workload

Create a deployment or job from a container image.

Use a manifest

Create or update resources from YAML.

Manage a subnet

Create, inspect, update, and delete subnets.

Connect capacity

Add a node to a subnet.
For exact syntax, use the command reference.