Introduction
CLI Installation

The convox command line tool makes building, configuring, scaling, and securing your apps easy.

Here are some of the highlights:

  • convox start - A single command to start your development environment
  • convox deploy - A single command to deploy your application to a Rack
  • convox rack update - A single command to deliver API and infrastructure improvements to a Rack

You can install it via the command line:

OS X

x86_64 / amd64

$ curl -L https://download.convox.com/cli/darwin/convox -o /tmp/convox
$ sudo mv /tmp/convox /usr/local/bin/convox
$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/convox

arm64

    $ curl -L https://download.convox.com/cli/darwin/convox-arm64 -o /tmp/convox
    $ sudo mv /tmp/convox /usr/local/bin/convox
    $ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/convox

Linux

x86_64 / amd64

    $ curl -L https://download.convox.com/cli/linux/convox -o /tmp/convox
    $ sudo mv /tmp/convox /usr/local/bin/convox
    $ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/convox

arm64

    $ curl -L https://download.convox.com/cli/linux/convox-arm64 -o /tmp/convox
    $ sudo mv /tmp/convox /usr/local/bin/convox
    $ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/convox

Windows

$ curl -L https://download.convox.com/cli/windows/convox.exe -O

Next steps

Logging in to Console

After installing Convox, you’ll need to convox login:

$ convox login console.convox.com
Password: <your Console API key>
Logged in successfully.

Updating the CLI

To update the CLI you can run convox update:

$ convox update
Updating convox to 20211231000000: OK