Installing the Red Hat AI InstructLab CLI

You can use the ilab CLI plug-in to manage your InstructLab resources.

Running the installation command

The latest version of the IBM Cloud CLI is installed when you run the command. As the CLI installs, keep an eye on the command line to authenticate as needed.

For MacOS, run the following command:

curl -fsSL https://clis.cloud.ibm.com/install/osx | sh

For Linux™, run the following command:

curl -fsSL https://clis.cloud.ibm.com/install/linux | sh

For Windows™, run the following command in PowerShell as an administrator:
```
iex (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://clis.cloud.ibm.com/install/powershell')
```
To open PowerShell, right-click the Windows™ PowerShell icon, and select Run as administrator.

For WSL2 on Windows™, run the following command:

curl -fsSL https://clis.cloud.ibm.com/install/linux | sh

Verifying the installation

To verify that the CLI was installed successfully, run the help command:

ibmcloud help

The output lists the usage instructions, the current version, and the supported commands.

Installing CLI plug-ins and tools

To manually install the CLI plug-ins and tools, see Extending IBM Cloud CLI with plug-ins.

To install the ilab plug-in, run the following command.
```
ibmcloud plugin install ilab
```
To install the cos plug-in, run the following command.
```
ibmcloud plugin install cos
```
To install the secrets-manager plug-in, run the following command.
```
ibmcloud plugin install secrets-manager
```
Optional: Install the Git CLI to store and manage your taxonomies.

Updating the IBM Cloud CLI

Use the latest version of the CLI. If you aren't using the latest version, run the following command to update your CLI:

ibmcloud update

To determine your IBM Cloud CLI version, run the following command:

ibmcloud -v

If you are running the current release, the following output is displayed:

Checking for updates...
No update required. Your CLI is already up-to-date.

To get notified about new IBM Cloud CLI releases, subscribe to the IBM Cloud CLI releases repository.

Updating installed plug-ins

Use the plugin update command to update the plug-ins that are installed in IBM Cloud CLI. The plugin update command returns the following information for each plug-in that is installed:

The current plug-in version
The latest plug-in version that is available

ibmcloud plugin update

ibmcloud login -a https://cloud.ibm.com --sso -r us-east

If you plan to allow InstructLab to create IBM Cloud® Object Storage Instance resources for you, target a resource group.
```
ibmcloud target -g <resource_group>
```
Example:
```
ibmcloud target -g Default
```