Installing
editInstalling
editThe latest stable binaries can be found on the release page or compiled from the latest on the master branch to leverage the most recently merged features.
To learn more about building ecctl from the source, see the steps from our Setting up a dev environment.
Install on macOS
editThe simplest installation for macOS users is to install ecctl with Homebrew:
$ brew tap elastic/tap $ brew install elastic/tap/ecctl Updating Homebrew... ==> Installing ecctl from elastic/tap ... ==> Caveats To get autocompletions working make sure to run "source <(ecctl generate completions)". If you prefer to add to your shell interpreter configuration file run, for bash or zsh respectively: * `echo "source <(ecctl generate completions)" >> ~/.bash_profile` * `echo "source <(ecctl generate completions)" >> ~/.zshrc`. ==> Summary 🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/ecctl/1.5.0: 5 files, 22.6MB, built in 4 seconds
To get autocompletions working, follow the instructions in the Homebrew output.
Upgrade on macOS
editTo upgrade ecctl via brew:
$ brew upgrade ecctl