Scaleway Command Line Interface (CLI) - Quickstart

The Scaleway command line interface (CLI) is a tool that allows you to pilot your Scaleway infrastructure and resources directly from your terminal. This page explains how to install and configure the CLI on your local machine.

Before you start

To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

• A Scaleway account logged into the console
• Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
• A valid API key

How to install the Scaleway CLI locally

Download the Scaleway CLI using a package manager according to your operating system:

macOS

Install the latest stable release on macOS using Homebrew:

brew install scw

Arch Linux

Install the latest stable release on Arch Linux from official repositories using pacman:

pacman -S scaleway-cli

Windows

Install the latest stable release on Windows using Chocolatey:

choco install scaleway-cli

How to configure the Scaleway CLI

1. Open a terminal and type the following command to configure the Scaleway CLI on your machine:

   scw init
   

   Note

   If you have already configured the CLI, you will see a message like the following:

   Current config is located at /path/to/config.yaml
   access_key: your-access-key
   secret_key: your-secret-key
   default_organization_id: ID-of-your-organization
   default_project_id: ID-of-your-project
   default_region: your-default-region (fr-par)
   default_zone: your-default-zone (fr-par-1)
   Do you want to override the current config? (Y/n):
   

   Type y, to confirm, or n to cancel the initialization.

2. The following message displays:

   Enter a valid secret-key:
   

   Enter your API secret Key.

3. The following message displays:

   Enter a valid access-key:
   

   Enter your API access key.

4. The following message displays:

   Choose your default organization ID:
   

   Enter the ID of the Organization that will be used by default.

5. The following message displays:

   Choose your default project ID 
   > default (-776f-4f65-a41e-6c5fc58b4076)
   Test (-fc7f-4e0d-8cd9-0da41b2c8793)
   

   Select the Project that will be used by default using your keyboard’s arrows.

6. The following message displays:

   To improve this tool we rely on diagnostic and usage data.
   Sending such data is optional and can be disabled at any time by running "scw config set send-telemetry=false".
   Do you want to send usage statistics and diagnostics? (Y/n):
   

   Type Y or n according to your preference.

7. The following message displays:

   To fully enjoy Scaleway CLI we recommend you install autocomplete support in your shell.
   Do you want to install autocomplete? (Y/n):
   

   Type y or n according to your preference.

8. The following message displays:

   To enable autocomplete, scw needs to update your shell configuration.
   What type of shell are you using (default: zsh):
   

   Press enter if the default shell type displayed is the one you are using. Otherwise, enter the correct shell type you are using.

9. The Scaleway CLI will now check if an SSH key is present in your local machine in the id_ecdsa.pub, id_ed25519.pub, and id_rsa.pub files.

   If a key is present, but not associated with the default Scaleway Project, the Scaleway CLI will add this key to the Project defined previously.

   Otherwise, the Scaleway CLI will either confirm that the key is already present in your Scaleway Project, or warn you that no key were found. Refer to the dedicated documentation to create an SSH key.

10. The configuration is complete, and the message below displays:

    Initialization completed with success.
    

11. Run scw help to display the available commands:

    $ scw help
    Get help about how the CLI works
    USAGE:
      scw help <command>
    AVAILABLE COMMANDS:
      date        Get help about how date parsing works in the CLI
      output      Get help about how the CLI output works
    FLAGS:
      -h, --help   help for help
    GLOBAL FLAGS:
      -c, --config string    The path to the config file
      -D, --debug            Enable debug mode
      -o, --output string    Output format: json or human, see 'scw help output' for more info (default "human")
      -p, --profile string   The config profile to use
    Use "scw help [command] --help" for more information about a command.