Chapter 2. Installing the CLI by downloading the binary
You can install the OpenShift CLI (oc
) in order to interact with OpenShift Container Platform from a command-line interface. You can install oc
on Linux, Windows, or macOS.
If you installed an earlier version of oc
, you cannot use it to complete all of the commands in OpenShift Container Platform 4.4. Download and install the new version of oc
.
2.1. Installing the CLI on Linux
You can install the OpenShift CLI (oc
) binary on Linux by using the following procedure.
Procedure
- Navigate to the Infrastructure Provider page on the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager site.
- Select your infrastructure provider, and, if applicable, your installation type.
- In the Command-line interface section, select Linux from the drop-down menu and click Download command-line tools.
Unpack the archive:
$ tar xvzf <file>
Place the
oc
binary in a directory that is on yourPATH
.To check your
PATH
, execute the following command:$ echo $PATH
After you install the CLI, it is available using the oc
command:
$ oc <command>
2.2. Installing the CLI on Windows
You can install the OpenShift CLI (oc
) binary on Windows by using the following procedure.
Procedure
- Navigate to the Infrastructure Provider page on the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager site.
- Select your infrastructure provider, and, if applicable, your installation type.
- In the Command-line interface section, select Windows from the drop-down menu and click Download command-line tools.
- Unzip the archive with a ZIP program.
Move the
oc
binary to a directory that is on yourPATH
.To check your
PATH
, open the command prompt and execute the following command:C:\> path
After you install the CLI, it is available using the oc
command:
C:\> oc <command>
2.3. Installing the CLI on macOS
You can install the OpenShift CLI (oc
) binary on macOS by using the following procedure.
Procedure
- Navigate to the Infrastructure Provider page on the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager site.
- Select your infrastructure provider, and, if applicable, your installation type.
- In the Command-line interface section, select MacOS from the drop-down menu and click Download command-line tools.
- Unpack and unzip the archive.
Move the
oc
binary to a directory on your PATH.To check your
PATH
, open a terminal and execute the following command:$ echo $PATH
After you install the CLI, it is available using the oc
command:
$ oc <command>
To learn more, see Getting started with the CLI.