Installation

This page explains how to install the tkn pac CLI. You need this tool to bootstrap, configure, and interact with Pipelines-as-Code from the command line.

Install

Download the latest binary directly for your operating system from the releases page.

Available operating systems are:

MacOS - M1 and x86 architecture
Linux - 64bits - RPM, Debian packages, and tarballs.
Linux - ARM 64bits - RPM, Debian packages, and tarballs.
Windows - Arm 64 Bits and x86 architecture.

On Windows, tkn-pac will look for the Kubernetes config in %USERPROFILE%\.kube\config. On Linux and MacOS, it will use the standard $HOME/.kube/config.

The tkn pac plug-in is available from Homebrew as a “Tap”. Install it with:

brew install --cask openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/tektoncd-pac

To upgrade:

brew upgrade --cask openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/tektoncd-pac

The tkn pac plug-in is compatible with Homebrew on Linux.

tkn-pac is available as a container image:

# use docker
podman run -e KUBECONFIG=/tmp/kube/config -v ${HOME}/.kube:/tmp/kube \
     -it  ghcr.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/tkn-pac:stable tkn-pac help

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