Getting Started

Botkube includes a command-line interface (CLI) that you can use to interact with Botkube and Botkube Cloud from your terminal, or from a script.

Installation

Select tab depending on the system you use:

Mac with Apple Silicon

Use Homebrew to install the latest Botkube CLI:

brew install kubeshop/botkube/botkube

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Alternatively, download the Botkube CLI binary and move it to a directory under your $PATH:

curl -Lo botkube https://github.com/kubeshop/botkube/releases/download/v1.8.0/botkube-darwin-arm64
chmod +x botkube && mv botkube /usr/local/bin/botkube

Mac with Intel chip

Use Homebrew to install the latest Botkube CLI:

brew install kubeshop/botkube/botkube

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Alternatively, download the Botkube CLI binary and move it to a directory under your $PATH:

curl -Lo botkube https://github.com/kubeshop/botkube/releases/download/v1.8.0/botkube-darwin-amd64
chmod +x botkube && mv botkube /usr/local/bin/botkube

Linux

Download the Botkube CLI binary and move it to a directory under your $PATH:

curl -Lo botkube https://github.com/kubeshop/botkube/releases/download/v1.8.0/botkube-linux-amd64
chmod +x botkube && mv botkube /usr/local/bin/botkube

note

You may need to use sudo to run the mv command as it moves the binary file to the /usr/local/bin/ directory.

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Alternatively, if you use Homebrew, you can use it to install the latest Botkube CLI:

brew install kubeshop/botkube/botkube

Windows

Use curl to download the Botkube CLI binary:

curl -Lo botkube https://github.com/kubeshop/botkube/releases/download/v1.8.0/botkube-windows-amd64.exe

Move the binary to a directory under your %PATH%.

Other

Use curl to download the Botkube CLI binary:

export OS="" # allowed values: darwin, linux, windows
export ARCH="" # allowed values: amd64, arm64, armv7
#export SUFFIX=".exe" # uncomment if OS is 'windows'
curl -Lo botkube https://github.com/kubeshop/botkube/releases/download/v1.8.0/botkube-${OS}-${ARCH}${SUFFIX}

Move the binary to a directory under your PATH.

First use

For the commands that are nested under cloud command you first need to authenticate with Botkube cloud by running:

botkube login

If credentials are valid, the output is:

Login Succeeded

All available commands you can simply discover by running botkube --help or botkube <command> -h to see the help output which corresponds to a given command.

Autocompletion

To learn how to enable autocompletion for your shell, run:

botkube completion --help

NOTE: Be sure to restart your shell after installing autocompletion.

When you start typing a botkube command, press the <tab> character to show a list of available completions. Type -<tab> to show available flag completions.