StackState CLI
StackState SaaS
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.StackState Self-Hosted
- The new
sts
CLI replaces thestac
CLI, however, not all commands are currently supported. For an overview of the differences and overlap between the newsts
CLI and thestac
CLI, see the CLI comparison page. - In the meantime, you can install and run as the new
sts
CLI on the same machine as thestac
CLI.
- 1.Follow the steps below to install the new
sts
CLI:
Windows
macOS
Linux
Docker
Installer
Manual install steps
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.Open a Powershell terminal (version 5.1 or later) and run the steps below. This can be done one step at a time, or joined together as a single script. After installation, the
sts
command will be available for the current user on both the Powershell terminal and the command prompt (cmd.exe).- 1.Set the source version and target path for the CLI:$CLI_PATH = $env:USERPROFILE +"\stackstate-cli"If (!(test-path $CLI_PATH)) { md $CLI_PATH }Invoke-WebRequest https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/LATEST_VERSION -OutFile $CLI_PATH\VERSION$VERSION=type $CLI_PATH\VERSION$CLI_DL = "https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/v$VERSION/stackstate-cli-$VERSION.windows-x86_64.zip"echo "Installing StackState CLI v$VERSION to: $CLI_PATH"
- 2.Download and unpack the CLI to the target CLI path. Remove remaining artifacts:Invoke-WebRequest $CLI_DL -OutFile $CLI_PATH\stackstate-cli.zipExpand-Archive -Path "$CLI_PATH\stackstate-cli.zip" -DestinationPath $CLI_PATH -Forcerm $CLI_PATH\stackstate-cli.zip, $CLI_PATH\VERSION
- 3.Register the CLI path to the current user's PATH. This will make the
sts
command available everywhere:$PATH = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment" -Name PATH).Pathif ( $PATH -notlike "*$CLI_PATH*" ) {$PATH = "$PATH;$CLI_PATH"(Set-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment" -Name PATH –Value $PATH)$MACHINE_PATH = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" -Name PATH).path$env:Path = "$PATH;$MACHINE_PATH"} - 4.Verify that the CLI works:sts version
Installer
Manual install steps
Open a terminal, change the
<URL>
and <API-TOKEN>
and run the command below.- The default install location is
/usr/local/bin
, which might require sudo permissions depending on the version of your machine. - You can specify an install location by adding
STS_CLI_LOCATION
to the command, as shown below. Note that the path provided must be available in your OS Path or the script might fail to complete.
After installation, the
sts
command will be available for the current user.# Install in default location `/usr/local/bin`
curl -o- https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/install.sh | STS_URL="<URL>" STS_API_TOKEN="<API-TOKEN>" bash
# Install in a specified location
curl -o- https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/install.sh | STS_URL="<URL>" STS_API_TOKEN="<API-TOKEN>" STS_CLI_LOCATION="<INSTALL-PATH>" bash
Alternatively, go to the CLI page in the StackState UI and copy the Quick installation command for MacOS - this is pre-filled with the correct
<URL>
and <API-TOKEN>
for your StackState instance and will install the CLI at the default location.Open a terminal and run the steps below. This can be done one step at a time, or all together as a single script. After installation, the
sts
command will be available for the current user.- 1.Download the latest CLI version for x86_64 (Intel) or arm64 (M1).(VERSION=`curl https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/LATEST_VERSION` &&ARCH=`uname -m` &&curl https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/v$VERSION/stackstate-cli-$VERSION.darwin-$ARCH.tar.gz | tar xz --directory /usr/local/bin)
- 2.Verify that the CLI works:sts version
Installer
Manual install steps
Open a terminal, change the
<URL>
and <API-TOKEN>
and run the command below. After installation, the sts
command will be available for the current user.curl -o- https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/install.sh | STS_URL="<URL>" STS_API_TOKEN="<API-TOKEN>" bash
Alternatively, go to the CLI page in the StackState UI and copy the Quick installation command for Linux - this is pre-filled with the correct
<URL>
and <API-TOKEN>
for your StackState instance.Open a terminal and run the steps below. This can be done one step at a time, or all together as a single script. After installation, the
sts
command will be available for the current user.- 1.Download and unpack the latest version for x86_64:(VERSION=`curl https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/LATEST_VERSION` &&curl https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/v$VERSION/stackstate-cli-$VERSION.linux-x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz --directory /usr/local/bin)
- 2.Verify that the CLI works:sts version
To run the latest version of the CLI using Docker execute:
docker run stackstate/stackstate-cli2
Alternatively, go to the CLI page in the StackState UI and copy the Quick installation command for Docker - this is pre-filled with the correct
<URL>
and <API-TOKEN>
required to configure the CLI for your StackState instance.You can now run CLI commands by adding appending them to the end of the
docker run
command (e.g. docker run stackstate/stackstate-cli2 version
).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.
- 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
.
The Docker version of the CLI cannot 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
By default, the CLI will authenticate using the API token that you provided when the CLI configuration was saved.
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>
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.You do not 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 variable | Flag | Description |
---|---|---|
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 is also possible to override the default config file location. This is done through the
--config <PATH>
flag.Follow the instructions below to uninstall the StackState CLI.
Windows
macOS
Linux
Docker
Uninstaller
Manual
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 a Powershell terminal and run each step one-by-one or all at once. The new
sts
CLI and all associated configuration will be removed for the current user.- 1.Remove binary:$CLI_PATH = $env:USERPROFILE+"\stackstate-cli"rm -R $CLI_PATH 2>1 > $null
- 2.Remove config:rm -R $env:USERPROFILE+"\.config\stackstate-cli" 2>1 > $null
- 3.Remove the CLI from the environment path:$PATH = (Get-ItemProperty -Path ‘Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment’ -Name PATH).Path$i = $PATH.IndexOf(";$CLI_PATH")if ($i -ne -1) {$PATH = $PATH.Remove($i, $CLI_PATH.Length+1)(Set-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment' -Name PATH –Value $PATH)}
Uninstaller
Manual
Open a terminal and run:
curl -o- https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/uninstall.sh | bash
The new
sts
CLI and all associated configuration are now removed for the current user.To manually uninstall the new
sts
CLI, follow the steps below.- 1.Open a terminal.
- 2.To remove the new
sts
CLI, run the command:rm -r /usr/local/bin/sts - 3.To remove configuration for the new
sts
CLI, run the command:rm -r ~/.config/stackstate-cli
The new
sts
CLI and all associated configuration are now removed for the current user.Uninstaller
Manual
Open a terminal and run:
curl -o- https://dl.stackstate.com/stackstate-cli/uninstall.sh | bash
The new
sts
CLI and all associated configuration are now removed for the current user.To manually uninstall the new
sts
CLI, follow the steps below.- 1.Open a terminal.
- 2.To remove the new
sts
CLI, run the command:rm -r /usr/local/bin/sts - 3.To remove configuration for the new
sts
CLI, run the command:rm -r ~/.config/stackstate-cli
The new
sts
CLI and all associated configuration are now removed for the current user.To remove the CLI image and containers run:
docker rmi -f stackstate/stackstate-cli2
The StackState
sts
CLI is open source and can be found on GitHub at:Last modified 11mo ago