Create a Command Line?

[jasonkuhrt]

This is an issue stub to discuss in the future the validity of creating a CLI tool as part of a bigger cloud SDK project. For example here is the quote from Google Cloud SDK:

What is the relationship between the gcloud package and the gcloud command-line tool?

Both the gcloud command-line tool and gcloud package are a part of the Google Cloud SDK: 
a collection of tools and libraries that enable you to easily create and manage resources 
on the Google Cloud Platform. The gcloud command-line tool can be used to manage both 
your development workflow and your Google Cloud Platform resources while the gcloud 
package is the Google Cloud Client Library for Node.js.

[hyperobject]

Theoretically you could make a CLI interface with any of the cloudBit libraries fairly easily. I can probably throw together a proof of concept, if you want.

[jasonkuhrt]

Sure have at it. We're looking at this more as a design than technical challenge. There are many details and strategies to a good platform CLI. Off the top of my hat, references we should consider:

• kubectl for Kubernetes
• gcloud for Google Cloud
• heroku
• meteor

[jasonkuhrt]

Other considerations include what tool we use to build the CLI and what distribution mechanism. I would be in favour of distribution on hombrew and other OS-level package managers so we avoid any notion of language bias. As for the language to write this tool, no strong opinions yet.

I also need to get a sense for how much of a priority this is. Currently and for the foreseeable future it is low.

[pires]

kube for Kubernetes

You mean kubectl for Kubernetes

This is a very interesting idea but let's get our ninja cloud infrastructure up first ;-)