Install the Kalix CLI

The Kalix CLI, kalix enables you to interact with Kalix deployment projects. To install it, follow these steps:

Linux

Download and install the latest version of kalix:

curl -sL https://docs.kalix.io/install-cli.sh | bash

If that fails due to permission issues, use:

curl -sL https://docs.kalix.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- --prefix /tmp && \
    sudo mv /tmp/kalix /usr/local/bin/kalix

You can pass options to the installer script with -s -- e.g.:

curl -sL https://docs.kalix.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- --prefix=$HOME --version=2.0.22 --verbose
curl -sL https://docs.kalix.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- -P $HOME -v 2.0.22 -V
macOS

Recommended approach

The recommended approach to install kalix on macOS, is using brew

brew install lightbend/brew/kalix

If the kalix CLI is already installed, and you want to upgrade kalix to the latest version, you can run

brew update
brew upgrade kalix

Alternative approach

curl -sL https://docs.kalix.io/install-cli.sh | bash

You can pass options to the installer script with -s -- e.g.:

curl -sL https://docs.kalix.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- --prefix=$HOME --version=2.0.22 --verbose
curl -sL https://docs.kalix.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- -P $HOME -v 2.0.22 -V
Windows

  1. Download the latest version of kalix from https://downloads.kalix.io/latest/kalix_windows_amd64.zip

  2. Optionally, you can verify the integrity of the downloaded files using the SHA256 checksums.

  3. Extract the zip file and move kalix.exe to a location on your %PATH%.

Verify that the Kalix CLI has been installed successfully by running the following to list all available commands:

kalix help

If you want to watch how the steps are followed, click on the links given below:

How to Install the Kalix CLI on Linuxnew tab

How to Install the Kalix CLI on macOSnew tab

How to Install the Kalix CLI on Windowsnew tab.