CLI: sts

StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x

Overview

The new StackState sts CLI provides easy access to the functionality provided by the StackState APIs. It can be used for automate using StackState data, configure StackState and to develop StackPacks.

  • The new sts CLI replaces the stac CLI, however, not all commands are currently supported. For an overview of the differences and overlap between the new sts CLI and the stac CLI, see the CLI comparison page.

  • In the meantime, you can install and run as the new sts CLI on the same machine as the stac CLI.

Install the new sts CLI

The new sts CLI works with StackState version 5.0 and above.

If you are running an older version of StackState, use the stac CLI.

  1. If it's installed, upgrade the old sts CLI to stac:

  2. Follow the steps below to install the new sts CLI:

Open a Powershell terminal (version 5.1 or later), change the <URL> and <API-TOKEN> and run the command below. After installation, the sts command will be available for the current user on both the Powershell terminal and the command prompt (cmd.exe).

. { iwr -useb https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/install.ps1 } | iex; install -StsUrl "<URL>" -StsApiToken "<API-TOKEN>"

Alternatively, go to the CLI page in the StackState UI and copy the Quick installation command for Windows - this is pre-filled with the correct <URL> and <API-TOKEN> for your StackState instance.

Configure the new sts CLI

Quick start

The most secure way to use your API token is through an environment variable. You can store the API token with a secrets manager and inject it as an environment variable into your shell.

Linux, macOS and Windows

  1. In the StackState UI, go to Main menu > CLI and copy your API token.

  2. Run the command below, where <URL> is the URL to your StackState instance and <API-TOKEN> is the API token you copied from the CLI page in the StackState UI:

    sts context save --name <NAME> --url <URL> --api-token <API-TOKEN>
  3. The connection to your StackState instance will be tested and a configuration file stored at ~/.config/stackstate-cli/config.yaml.

Docker

The Docker version of the CLI can't be configured with a config file. Specify the configuration of your StackState instance using environment variables and pass these to Docker:

  • STS_CLI_URL - the URL to your StackState instance.

  • STS_CLI_API_TOKEN - the API token taken from the StackState UI Main menu > CLI page.

For example:

docker run \
   -e STS_CLI_URL \
   -e STS_CLI_API_TOKEN \
   stackstate/stackstate-cli2 settings list --type Layer

Authentication

API token

By default, the CLI will authenticate using the API token that you provided when the CLI configuration was saved.

Service tokens

You can optionally use the CLI to create one or more service tokens to authenticate with the StackState Base and Admin APIs. For example, a service token can be used to authenticate in CI (Continuous Integration) scenarios where no real user is doing the operations on the StackState instance.

To create a service token, run the command below:

sts service-token create --name <NAME> --roles <ROLE(s)> [--expiration <yyyy-MM-dd>]

This will create a new service token and print it. The --expiration parameter is optional and can be used to set the expiration date of the service token.

Once you have this, you can configure the CLI to use it:

sts context save --name <NAME> --service-token <TOKEN> --url <URL>

Manage multiple contexts

The new sts CLI supports configuration and management of different (authentication) contexts. This enables you to easily switch between an administrative and regular user, or to switch between different StackState instances. For example, you could use a different context for a test and production instance of StackState. You can list, save, delete, set and validate contexts in the new sts CLI. Run sts context -h for details of the available commands and their usage.

Configuration options

You don't need a configuration file to run the new sts CLI. You can also configure the CLI through a combination of environment variables and flags.

If multiple types of configuration are presented to the CLI the order of processing will be:

  1. Flags

  2. Environment variables

  3. Config file

Environment variableFlagDescription

STS_CLI_URL

--url

URL to your StackState instance.

STS_CLI_API_TOKEN

--api-token

API token to your StackState instance. The most secure way to use your API token is through an environment variable. You can store the API token with a secrets manager and inject it as an environment variable into your shell.

STS_CLI_SERVICE_TOKEN

--service-token

A service token to your StackState instance. The most secure way to use your service token is through an environment variable. You can store the service token with a secrets manager and inject it as an environment variable into your shell.

STS_CLI_API_PATH

n/a

The path appended to the end of the URL to get the API endpoint. (Defaults to /api)

STS_CLI_CONTEXT

--context

The name of the context to use.

Next to overriding specific parts of the config file, it's also possible to override the default config file location. This is done through the --config <PATH> flag.

Upgrade

To upgrade to the latest version of the new sts CLI, run the install command again.

You can check the version of the sts CLI that you are currently running with the command sts version.

Uninstall

Follow the instructions below to uninstall the StackState CLI.

Open a Powershell terminal and run:

. { iwr -useb https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/install.ps1 } | iex; uninstall

The new sts CLI and all associated configuration are now removed for the current user.

Open source

The StackState sts CLI is open source and can be found on GitHub at:

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