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Overview

The kdb Insights Command Line Interface is a tool used by administrators to manage their kdb Insights Enterprise system. It can be used to

Installing the CLI

See the CLI installation guide

Installing kdb Insights Enterprise

See the installation guide for full details on installing kdb Insights Enterprise. See the command line reference for a full list of install sub-commands.

Value Precedence

Values may be specified from multiple sources at install time. It is possible to use a values.yaml file and values secret created at setup in combination. Upon executing the kxi install run command, the following places will be searched for a value, in order of precedence:

  1. The provided command line parameter. See command line interface reference for options.
  2. Values file
  3. Values secret
  4. The default value

Options Precedence

CLI commands may be provided options from a varity of sources. They are read in the following order of precedence:

  1. The provided command line parameter. See command line interface reference for options.
  2. Value set in user's local cli-config file
  3. User prompt (in an interactive session)
  4. The default value

Namespace Precenedence

Namespace option precedence has an extra check. They are read in the following order of precedence:

  1. The provided command line parameter --namespace.
  2. Namespace from user's active kube context
  3. namespace value set in user's local cli-config file
  4. User prompt (in an interactive session)
  5. The default value