Installing the hosted control plane command line interface - Preparing to deploy hosted control planes | Hosted control planes

Installing the hosted control planes command-line interface by using the CLI
Installing the hosted control planes command-line interface by using the web console
Installing the hosted control planes command-line interface by using the content gateway

The hosted control planes command-line interface, hcp, is a tool that you can use to get started with hosted control planes. For Day 2 operations, such as management and configuration, use GitOps or your own automation tool.

Installing the hosted control planes command-line interface by using the CLI

You can install the hosted control planes command-line interface (CLI), hcp, by using the CLI.

Procedure

Get the URL to download the hcp binary by running the following command:

$ oc get ConsoleCLIDownload hcp-cli-download -o json | jq -r ".spec"

Download the hcp binary by running the following command:
```
$ wget <hcp_cli_download_url> (1)
```
1 Replace hcp_cli_download_url with the URL that you obtained from the previous step.
Unpack the downloaded archive by running the following command:
```
$ tar xvzf hcp.tar.gz
```
Make the hcp binary file executable by running the following command:
```
$ chmod +x hcp
```
Move the hcp binary file to a directory in your path by running the following command:
```
$ sudo mv hcp /usr/local/bin/.
```

Verification

Verify that you see the list of available parameters by running the following command:
```
$ hcp create cluster <platform> --help (1)
```
1 You can use the hcp create cluster command to create and manage hosted clusters. The supported platforms are aws, agent, and kubevirt.

Installing the hosted control planes command-line interface by using the web console

You can install the hosted control planes command-line interface (CLI), hcp, by using the OKD web console.

Procedure

From the OKD web console, click the Help icon → Command Line Tools.
Click Download hcp CLI for your platform.
Unpack the downloaded archive by running the following command:
```
$ tar xvzf hcp.tar.gz
```
Run the following command to make the binary file executable:
```
$ chmod +x hcp
```
Run the following command to move the binary file to a directory in your path:
```
$ sudo mv hcp /usr/local/bin/.
```

Verification

Verify that you see the list of available parameters by running the following command:
```
$ hcp create cluster <platform> --help (1)
```
1 You can use the hcp create cluster command to create and manage hosted clusters. The supported platforms are aws, agent, and kubevirt.

Installing the hosted control planes command-line interface by using the content gateway

You can install the hosted control planes command-line interface (CLI), hcp, by using the content gateway.

Procedure

Navigate to the content gateway and download the hcp binary.
Unpack the downloaded archive by running the following command:
```
$ tar xvzf hcp.tar.gz
```
Make the hcp binary file executable by running the following command:
```
$ chmod +x hcp
```
Move the hcp binary file to a directory in your path by running the following command:
```
$ sudo mv hcp /usr/local/bin/.
```

Verification

Verify that you see the list of available parameters by running the following command:
```
$ hcp create cluster <platform> --help (1)
```
1 You can use the hcp create cluster command to create and manage hosted clusters. The supported platforms are aws, agent, and kubevirt.