Pivotal/Cloud Foundry/CLI

Cloud Foundry | Cloud Foundry CLI

Installing CF CLI

Mac OSX (High Sierra)

First start by installing homebrew package manager

~$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Tap the Cloud Foundry repo and install CF CLI

~$ brew tap cloudfoundry/tap
~$ brew install cf-cli

For good measure you should install git if you have not.

~$ brew install git

Installing Maven

In case you need to install Maven. Download the latest binary copy: http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/apache/maven/maven-3/3.5.3/binaries/ such as apache-maven-3.5.3-bin.tar.gz
unpack it.

~$ tar -xvf apache-maven-3.5.3-bin.tar.gz 

Quick Reference CF CLI

CLI Reference

cf-login

Sign into PWS (Pivotal Web Services).
Man file

~$ cf login -u username -o org -s space -a api.run.pivotal.io

To logout it is as simple as

 ~$ cf logout

cf config

Set configuration variables such as language, timeouts, color, etc.
Man file | Localize

~$ $ cf config --locale YOUR_LANGUAGE
Language Examples:
English (US): en-US
German: de-DE
Spanish: es-ES

cf apps

Show all apps in your authenticated instance with their state and some details.

 ~$ cf apps

cf app

Show expanded details on an app

~$ cf app <app_name>

cf restart

restart an app

~$ cf restart <app_name>

cf restage

Recreate the app's executable artifact using the latest pushed app files and the latest environment (variables, service bindings, buildpack, stack, etc.)

~$ cf restage <app_name>

cf services

list all service instances

~$ cf services

cf logs

Show logs from an app either as a snapshot or live stream

Snapshot: ~$ cf logs <app_name> --recent
Stream: ~$ cf logs <app_name>

cf-marketplace

View available elephantsql plans.

~$ cf marketplace -s elephantsql

cf create-service

create a new service, such as a elephantsql instance

~$ cf create-service elephantsql turtle <db_name>

cf bind-service

bind the service to the app

 ~$ cf bind-service <app_name> <service_name>

cf scale

scale the number of instances to improve app performance such as user load and concurrent requests.

~$ cf scale <app-name> -i <number of instances>
~$ cf scale <app-name> -m 1G <or other memory size>
~$ cf scale <app-name> -k 512M <or other disk size>

cf env

shows the current environment variables for the app

~$ cf env <app-name>