set-up.html.md.erb

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title: Set Up
owner: Tobi Fuhrimann
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In this step you will install the Cloud Foundry CLI, which can be used for managing and scaling your applications and services.

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  <a href="../cf-cli/install-go-cli.html" target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary">Install the cf CLI</a>
</div>

Once installed, you can use the cf CLI from your command shell.

Log in using the email address and password you used when creating your <%= vars.product_short %> account:

<pre class="terminal">
$ cf login -a &lt;<%= vars.api_endpoint %>&gt;
API endpoint: &lt;<%= vars.api_endpoint %>&gt;

Email&gt; user@mydomain.com

Password&gt;
</pre>

Authenticating is required to use the CLI tool. The `-a` sets the API endpoint to the one of <%= vars.product_full %>.

Note that if you’re behind a firewall that requires use of a proxy to connect with external HTTP/HTTPS services, you can set the `HTTP_PROXY` or `HTTPS_PROXY` environment variables in your local development environment before running any command.

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  <a href="./prepare.html" class="btn btn-primary">I have installed the CLI</a>
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