Installing the ZLI

BastionZero's command line interface for connecting to your targets

BastionZero's command-line interface (CLI), the Zero-Trust Command Line Interface (zli), is available on Mac, Linux, and Windows machines.

You can download the zli through package managers (brew, yum, and apt) or with curl for Windows machines.

The zli is compatible with both x86 and amd64 platforms.

Brew

1. Install the zli with the command below:

   brew install bastionzero/tap/zli

Not seeing the update you expected to?

You may have an outdated formula. Try a brew update followed by a brew upgrade zli.

Yum

1. Use the yum-config-manager to add the BastionZero repo.

   sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo \
   https://download-yum.bastionzero.com/bastionzero.repo

2. Install the zli.

   sudo yum install -y zli

Apt

1. Install the BastionZero public key from the Ubuntu key server.

   curl -sSL "https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xe5c358e613982017" | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/bastionzero.gpg > /dev/null

2. Add the BastionZero repo with:

   echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/bastionzero.gpg] https://download-apt.bastionzero.com/production/apt-repo stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bastionzero.list > /dev/null

3. Update the apt cache.

   sudo apt update

4. Install the zli.

   sudo apt install -y zli

Windows

1. Download the zli.

   curl.exe -LO "https://download-zli.bastionzero.com/release/latest/bin/zli.exe"

2. Append the zli binary folder to your PATH environment variable. Note, the following example will make the zli commands permanently available to the current user only.

   setx PATH "%PATH%;<path to folder containing zli>"

3. Exit out of your terminal window and reopen a new one.

4. Log in to the zli.

   zli login

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