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weight: 200
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title: CLI Reference
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description: "Documentation for the Crossplane command-line interface"
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---
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The Crossplane CLI helps simplify some development and administration aspects of
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Crossplane.
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The Crossplane CLI includes:
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* tools to build, install, update and push Crossplane Packages
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* standalone Composition Function testing and rendering without the need to access a Kubernetes cluster running Crossplane
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* troubleshoot Crossplane Compositions, Composite Resources and Managed Resources
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## Installing the CLI
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The Crossplane CLI is a single standalone binary with no external dependencies.
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{{<hint "note" >}}
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Install the Crossplane CLI on a user's computer.
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Most Crossplane CLI commands are independent of Kubernetes and
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don't require access to a Crossplane pod.
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{{< /hint >}}
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To download the latest version for your CPU architecture with the Crossplane
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install script.
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```shell
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curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crossplane/crossplane/main/install.sh" | XP_CHANNEL=preview sh
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```
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[The script](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crossplane/crossplane/main/install.sh)
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detects your CPU architecture and downloads the latest stable release.
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{{<expand "Manually install the Crossplane CLI" >}}
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If you don't want to run shell script you can manually download a binary from
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the Crossplane releases repository at
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https://releases.crossplane.io/stable/current/bin
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{{<hint "important" >}}
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<!-- vale write-good.Passive = NO -->
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The CLI is named `crank` in the release repository. Download this file.
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<!-- vale write-good.Passive = YES -->
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The `crossplane` binary is the Kubernetes Crossplane pod image.
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{{< /hint >}}
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Move the binary to a location in your `$PATH`, for example `/usr/local/bin`.
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{{< /expand >}}
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### Download other CLI versions
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Download different Crossplane CLI versions or different release branches with
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the `XP_CHANNEL` and `XP_VERSION` environmental variables.
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By default the CLI installs from the `XP_CHANNEL` named `stable` and the
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`XP_VERSION` of `current`, matching the most recent stable release.
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For example, to install CLI version `v1.14.0` add `XP_VERSION=v1.14.0` to the
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download script curl command:
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`curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crossplane/crossplane/main/install.sh" | XP_VERSION=v1.14.0 sh` |