IBM Cloud Developer Tools

These scripts perform an installation of the IBM Cloud Developer Tools CLI environment. The IDT is a collection of tools to aid in IBM Cloud native development. They currently consist of the 'dev' plugin to the IBM Bluemix CLI, as well as the IBM Developer Tools extension to the Visual Studio Code editor. These tools work for the following environments:

• IBM Cloud Public
• IBM Cloud Private
• IBM Cloud Dedicated
• IBM MicroService Builder

If you run into any issues, please let us know on the IBM Cloud Tech Slack :: #developer-tools or file an issue on our GitHub repo.

MacOS & Linux Installation

The following command will install the IBM Cloud Developer Tools in a single invocation. Open up a terminal and run the following command:

$ curl -sL https://ibm.biz/idt-installer | bash

By default, this installer will use the 'brew' installer on MacOS, if available. If you explicitly do not want to use brew, execute the following command using the --nobrew option:

curl -sL https://ibm.biz/idt-installer | bash -s -- --nobrew

Once complete, there will be three aliases defined to access the IBM Cloud Developer Tools:

• idt : Main command line tool. Shorthand for standard 'bx dev' command
• idt-update : Update your IBM Cloud Developer Tools to the latest versions
• idt-uninstall : Uninstall the IBM Cloud Developer Tools

Note: In order to access these aliases, you need to either restart your terminal session, or reload your bash env (ie . ~/.bashrc)

Access the platform-specific readme for additional details.

Windows Installation

To install the IBM Cloud Developer Tools CLI on Windows 10 or newer:

1. Open Windows PowerShell by right-clicking and select "Run as Administrator".
2. Run this command:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted; iex(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('http://ibm.biz/idt-win-installer')

Access the Widnows-specific readme for additional details.

Feedback

We can be reached in the following ways. We encourage and welcome all feedback and suggestions

• IBM Cloud Tech Slack: Find us on the #developer-tools channel
• IBM Cloud Developer Tools GitHub repo: Use to file any issues specific to installation of the tools
• IBM Cloud Ideas portal: Use to view and submit new feature ideas for the IBM Cloud