# Installing the Baselime CLI

The Baselime CLI enables you to interact with Baselime and your observability data through the command line.

# Installing

Installing with Homebrew

 terminal
brew tap baselime/tap
brew install baselime

Installing with curl

 terminal
curl -s https://get.baselime.io | bash

Installing with npm

 terminal
npm install @baselime/cli -g

Installing with curl

 terminal
curl -s https://get.baselime.io | sudo bash

Installing with npm

 terminal
npm install @baselime/cli -g

Installing with npm

 terminal
npm install @baselime/cli -g

Optionally, you can download the latest version of the Baselime CLI binary from the releases page on GitHub.

Download the binary for your operating system and architecture (e.g., baselime_linux_x64 or baselime_darwin_x64).
Unzip the tarball with tar -xf baselime-<os>-<arch>-<version>.tar.gz
Make the binary executable with chmod +x baselime.
Move the binary to a directory in your PATH, such as /usr/local/bin, with mv baselime /usr/local/bin/baselime.

note

On some systems, you might need to run these commands with sudo.

# Verifying the installation

Verify that the Baselime CLI was installed with:

 terminal
baselime --version

# Authenticating the CLI

Before you can use the Baselime CLI, you must authenticate it with your Baselime account.

 terminal
baselime login

To use the Baselime CLI in non-interactive evironments, such as in CI pipelines, set the BASELIME_API_KEY environment variable to your Baselime API key and the CLI will use it for all commands.

# Updating the Baselime CLI

To update the Baselime CLI to the latest version, use one of the following commands depending on how you originally installed it:

If you installed with brew, run brew upgrade @baselime/cli
If you installed with curl, run baselime upgrade
If you installed with npm, run npm update -g @baselime/cli