Install CF CLI on Tanzu Application Service (TAS) VMs.

Products

• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs

Issue/Introduction

This document exemplifies the process of installing CF CLI on TAS VMs. Please find the complete instructions on the official document here.

Environment

Product Version: 4.0

Resolution

 

1. List the TAS VMs by running the bosh vms command

   bosh vms

   Example:

   ❯ bosh vms
   Using environment 'x.x.x.x' as client 'ops_manager'
   
   Task 817
   Task 818
   Task 817 done
   
   Task 818 done
   
   Deployment 'cf-643a6d1a338ab159acad'
   
   Instance                                                          
   backup_restore/7871be63-1235-4d96-b349-cde19747c6d8               
   clock_global/6cef26f3-72ff-4986-a554-9a92a99c75c8                 
   cloud_controller/8e872638-0dcd-42e6-b4d3-18f066053c74             
   cloud_controller_worker/4f33acbf-9efd-40ba-82ea-743cf137abbb      
   credhub/9acdc8ae-ff1d-4f7d-ad2c-5159271c6662                      
   diego_brain/16fead12-affb-4834-a1fd-b287f10f6526                  
   diego_cell/27b1335e-85d4-4030-af56-dd610743c1a3                   
   diego_database/00b343bb-5c79-456a-a41d-f40851cb5c96               
   doppler/a2eed3d1-b770-4e83-ab8c-3fd8aa50d79f                      
   doppler/f7407a30-0b48-42f2-bd7c-74a0d4b4dcee                      
   log_cache/48be7c34-4dc1-4440-b4da-75981033ad67                    
   log_cache/65df431a-76be-4613-bfa3-530fe4b36491                    
   log_cache/ad6fbeff-9d9b-4b39-8894-3c615fa8cc70                    
   loggregator_trafficcontroller/34776d3e-efd2-4f02-aa74-b3fa491d45bc
   mysql/3b6ed17c-5ec8-4265-a517-d21149483e17                        
   mysql_monitor/134ae6e5-4cee-41d8-a20b-7370af0d40e6                
   mysql_proxy/0e0f1707-c433-4d14-9f0c-65e1f4d62c26                  
   nats/c73d0a4e-0201-44b6-95d3-21f0ca3fbd9c                         
   nfs_server/2787738a-c6ed-4840-9d5f-e61e4caaced1                   
   router/d445a601-5c83-4251-a408-e38cc3f02c8c                       
   uaa/a3db7351-9591-4048-b20a-f010ce0af4bd                          
   
   21 vms

   
   
    
2. For this example, we will select the clock_global/0 VM. So, run the Bosh SSH command to connect to it. 

   bosh -d cf-643a6d1a338ab159acad ssh router/d445a601-5c83-4251-a408-e38cc3f02c8c

   Once connected, swap to the root user by running:

   sudo -i

3. Under the instruction "Install the cf CLI using a compressed binary" on the guide, you will find the compressed binary file link to download it. We would look for the "Linux 64-bit binary" link file

   curl -L "https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/stable?release=linux64-binary&version=v8&source=github" | tar -zx

   Example:

   clock_global/6cef26f3-72ff-4986-a554-9a92a99c75c8:~# curl -L "https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/stable?release=linux64-binary&version=v8&source=github" | tar -zx
     % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                    Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
     0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
   100 8623k  100 8623k    0     0  6357k      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:-- 6357k

   
    
4. Once downloaded, we are going to make the CF and CF8 files executable by running the command:

   chmod +x cf*

   Make sure they are executable files (* at the end of the name) after running the command:

   clock_global/6cef26f3-72ff-4986-a554-9a92a99c75c8:~# ll
   total 24192
   drwx------  3 root                 root     4096 Sep 23 16:09 ./
   drwxr-xr-x 18 root                 root     4096 Sep 23 16:09 ../
   -rw-r--r--  1 root                 root     3177 Apr 27 20:48 .bashrc
   lrwxrwxrwx  1 bosh_e7ce37399887486  127        3 Sep 12 19:49 cf -> cf8*
   -rwxr-xr-x  1 bosh_e7ce37399887486  127 24670208 Sep 12 19:49 cf8*

   
    
5. The next step would be to determine what the /bin folder for that machine is. We can determine it by running the command:

   which vim

   Example:

   clock_global/6cef26f3-72ff-4986-a554-9a92a99c75c8:~# which vim
   /usr/bin/vim

   
   *Note: The folder without the /vim folder is the correct one. For clarification, in this specific case, the folder is /usr/bin
6. Once determined the /bin folder path, we would move the CF and CF8 files to it.

   mv cf* /usr/bin

7. Confirm that CF CLI is installed by running:

   cf --version

   
   Example:

   clock_global/6cef26f3-72ff-4986-a554-9a92a99c75c8:~# cf --version
   cf version 8.7.3+efd1d03.2023-09-12
   clock_global/6cef26f3-72ff-4986-a554-9a92a99c75c8:~#