Aiden CLI

ACLI is a Golang CLI tool build using the Cobra library. It provides a collection of useful commands to make your life easier on the command line.

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• Aiden CLI
  • Installation
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • Golang
  • Usage
  • Commands
    • kch
    • Config
    • Connect
  • Roadmap
  • Versioning
  • Distributing
  • Authors

Installation

Homebrew

brew tap AidenEyre/homebrew-aideneyre
brew install acli

Chocolatey

📝 PENDING REVIEW - not yet available.

choco install acli --version=1.4.0

Golang

📝 Ensure that Golang is installed on your machine.

1. Run make install in the root of the repository.
2. You may need to add the Go bin to your path:
   1. Add the following to your .bashrc, .zshrc, etc.

      export GOPATH=$HOME/go
      export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin
      

   2. Refresh your terminal by restarting or running source <rc-file>.

ℹ️ You can also install directly from the repo with go install github.com/aideneyre/acli@latest

Usage

# Set context with an interactive prompt and open K9s to specified resource/namespace
acli kch -r pod -n kube-system
# Configure persistent config for the CLI
acli config
# View persistent config for the CLI
acli config view
# Connect to a server with SSH and an interactive prompt
acli connect

Commands

kch

Kube change (kch) is a command that can be run to set the current context. The command provides an interactive selection prompt or the context can be directly set by adding it after the command (e.g. acli kch my-cluster). The -r/--resource flag can be used to open K9s after setting the contents to the specified resource. The -n/--namespace flag can be used to specify the namespace used when opening K9s (default namespace: default).

Note Much of this functionality assumes you have K9s installed and use it.

Config

The config command allows you to define persistent configs for the CLI. The CLI will attempt to create the folder at ~/.acli. If you choose, you can directly modify this file rather than using the command (see options below). When running the command, you will be given an interactive prompt. If you would like to print the existing configs, run acli config view.

# the connect section configures SSH connection settings and aliases for quick
# access.
connect:
  ## Aliases for SSH connections
  aliases:
    - ip: "" # IP address of the SSH server, e.g., "192.168.1.127"
      name: "" # Unique name for this alias, e.g., "rpi"
      pemfile: "" # Path to PEM file for key authentication, if used
      port: "" # SSH port, default is "22"
      user: "" # Username for SSH connection, e.g., "aideneyre"
  sshdir: "" # Default directory for SSH keys

# Configuration for Kubernetes command-line tools and preferences.
kch:
  alwaysopenk9s: false # Whether to always open K9s on start (true/false)
  defaults:
    namespace: "" # Default namespace, e.g., "argocd"
    resource: "" # Default resource type, e.g., "service"

Connect

The connect command allows you to connect to remote servers using SSH. This command relies on set configs through the config command. If you just run, acli connect, you will be presented with an interactive list of the configured servers in your config. After choosing one, it will attempt to connect. If you know the alias you want to connect to, feel free to tack it on, `acli connect . Pem file is not required for this connection.

Roadmap

• Config
  • Allow users to specify default kubeconfig path to use.
• kch
  • If K9s isn't installed, allow the -n/-r flags to just run a get on the resources.
• tests
  • Make more tests.
  • Refactor kube package to better handle unit tests.
• Create pipelines
  • Lint, and, enforce standards, etc. on MRs.
  • Implement a changelog tool for better release notes automation.

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning on the root command and each sub-command.

Distributing

We use GoReleaser to distribute the CLI.

Currently deploying packages to: Homebrew and Chocolatey.

Authors

• Aiden Eyre