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How to install the kyso-cli on your machine
There are several ways to use Kyso CLI in your machine, depending on your operating system, your needs and your preferences.

NPM & YARN

The easiest way to use kyso cli is throught NPM or YARN
The Kyso CLI can be installed as a NPM or YARN global package easily, by just launching one of the commands below:
npm install -g kyso
or
yarn global add kyso
Depending on your local configuration, you might need to use sudo or launch the windows terminal with administrative rights. If that's the case, it's preferrable to review your configuration, but if you are in a hurry you can use sudo 😉
Once installed, check that it's available executing this command:
$ kyso
Kyso Client
VERSION
kyso/1.6.0 linux-x64 node-v18.6.0
USAGE
$ kyso [COMMAND]
TOPICS
plugins List installed plugins.
COMMANDS
clone Clone a report from Kyso
help Display help for kyso.
import-repository Import repository to Kyso
init Interactivel build a kyso.yaml file
kyso-command
login Login into Kyso
open Open a report in the browser
plugins List installed plugins.
pull Pull repository from Kyso
push Upload local repository to Kyso
whoami Current logged user and platform

NPX

Since npm version 5.2.0 you can use npx instead of an npm global install. The difference between npm and npx is that npx doesn't install anything globally on your computer, but just downloads the dependency, executes it and then deletes it, keeping your local node_modules smaller.
To use NPX just execute this command:
$ npx kyso
Need to install the following packages:
Ok to proceed? (y) y
Kyso Client
VERSION
kyso/1.6.0 linux-x64 node-v18.6.0
USAGE
$ kyso [COMMAND]
TOPICS
plugins List installed plugins.
COMMANDS
clone Clone a report from Kyso
help Display help for kyso.
import-repository Import repository to Kyso
init Interactivel build a kyso.yaml file
kyso-command
login Login into Kyso
open Open a report in the browser
plugins List installed plugins.
pull Pull repository from Kyso
push Upload local repository to Kyso
whoami Current logged user and platform

Windows Installers

Visit https://cli.kyso.io to download the installers. Download the installer that fits with your architecture and execute it.
Keep all the options selected for a better experience!
Installer components selection
Select the destination folder and select 'Install':
Installer location selection
Installer installing ;)
Once the installation is completed, select the 'Close' button, open your terminal and write the following command:
kyso
kyso command running

Tarballs

Visit https://cli.kyso.io to download the installers.
Download the tarball that fits with your operating system and your architecture, extract it in your preferred destination and add it to the PATH of your system.
Add the destination folder, plus bin, into the PATH of your system. For example, if your destination folder is C:\Users\your_user\kyso, then add C:\Users\your_user\kyso\bin to the PATH of your system

Adding kyso to the system path in Windows

Type into the search bar edit environment variables and choose the suggested result. That should open the following window:
System settings window
Click on Environment Variables
Environment variables window
Select the Path variable of your user, and click Edit.
Edit path environment variable
Click on New and type the full path in which kyso was unzipped, pointing to the bin directory. For example, if kyso is located at C:\Users\Usuario\Downloads\kyso-v1.3.1-9b24ecb-win32-x64, then the value you should put is C:\Users\Usuario\Downloads\kyso-v1.3.1-9b24ecb-win32-x64\bin
Added path
Open a terminal and type the command kyso to check that the installation was completed succesfully:

Adding kyso to the system path in MacOS and Linux

Using zsh terminal

Open a ZSH terminal and edit the file ~/.zshrc to edit the PATH variable. Type the full path in which kyso was unzipped, pointing to the bin directory. For example, if kyso is located at /home/user/kyso-v1.3.1-9b24ecb-linux-x64, then the value you should put is /home/user/kyso-v1.3.1-9b24ecb-linux-x64/bin
export PATH="/home/user/kyso-v1.3.1-9b24ecb-linux-x64/bin:$PATH"
Check that it's effectively added by executing:
cat ~/.zshrc
export PATH="/home/user/kyso-v1.3.1-9b24ecb-linux-x64/bin:$PATH"
Open a terminal and type the command kyso to check that the installation was completed succesfully

Using bash terminal

Open a BASH terminal and edit the file ~/.bashrc to edit the PATH variable. Type the full path in which kyso was unzipped, pointing to the bin directory. For example, if kyso is located at /home/user/kyso-v1.3.1-9b24ecb-linux-x64, then the value you should put is /home/user/kyso-v1.3.1-9b24ecb-linux-x64/bin
export PATH="/home/user/kyso-v1.3.1-9b24ecb-linux-x64/bin:$PATH"
Check that it's effectively added by executing:
cat ~/.bashrc
export PATH="/home/user/kyso-v1.3.1-9b24ecb-linux-x64/bin:$PATH"
Open a terminal and type the command kyso to check that the installation was completed succesfully

Docker

If you don't want to install the client you can also run it using a docker container, the image is available as kyso/kyso, to download the latest version of the image execute:
$ docker pull kyso/kyso
While the container was created mainly to be used in CI/CD systems the following script can be used on Linux or MacOS to run the kyso client as if it were installed on the HOST machine (see the limitations below):
#!/bin/sh
set -e
docker run --rm -ti -v "$HOME:$HOME" -e "HOME=$HOME" -w "$(pwd)" \
-u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" --name kyso kyso/kyso kyso "$@"
To run the client do the following:
$ ./kyso.sh
Kyso Client
VERSION
kyso/1.8.0 linux-x64 node-v16.16.0
USAGE
$ kyso [COMMAND]
TOPICS
plugins List installed plugins.
COMMANDS
clone Clone a report from Kyso
format Format your current report files to add new great features
help Display help for kyso.
import-repository Import repository to Kyso
init Interactivel build a kyso.yaml file
kyso-command
login Login into Kyso
open Open a report in the browser
plugins List installed plugins.
pull Pull repository from Kyso
push Upload local repository to Kyso
whoami Current logged user and platform

Limitations

  1. 1.
    The client executed with the previous script works fine as long as the working directory is under the user's HOME directory when it is executed; if that is not the case the directory is going to be the internal version of the PATH inside the container, not the host.
  2. 2.
    If the COMMAND called needs to launch programs from the HOST system it will fail, as we are running inside a container. Currently the commands that fail are open and the login command when used with a provider that uses the browser (like Google or GitHub).