Deploying AnchoreCTL

In this section you will learn how to deploy and configure AnchoreCTL, the Anchore Enterprise Command Line Interface.

AnchoreCTL is published as a simple binary that can be installed by downloading it or using provided packages for installation in different platforms.

Using AnchoreCTL, you can manage and inspect all aspects of your Anchore Enterprise deployments, either as a manual human-readable configuration/instrumentation/control tool or as a CLI that is designed to be used in scripted environments such as CI/CD and other automation environments.

Important AnchoreCTL is version-aligned with Anchore Enterprise for major/minor. Please refer to the Enterprise Release Notes for the supported version of AnchoreCTL.

Installation

AnchoreCTL’s major and minor release version coincides with the release version of Anchore Enterprise, however patch versions may differ. For example,

• Enterprise v5.11.1
• AnchoreCTL v5.11.0

Important It is highly recommended that the version of AnchoreCTL you are using is supported by the deployed version of Enterprise. Please refer to the Enterprise Release Notes for the supported version of AnchoreCTL.

Specify a release version and destination directory for the installation, the script will download the relevant AnchoreCTL for your environment:

curl -sSfL  https://anchorectl-releases.anchore.io/anchorectl/install.sh  | sh -s -- -b <DESTINATION_DIR> v5.11.0

MacOS / Linux

Download a local (from your Anchore deployment) or remote (from Anchore servers) version without installation:

Linux Intel/AMD64

# Remote
curl -o anchorectl.tar.gz https://anchorectl-releases.anchore.io/anchorectl/v5.11.0/anchorectl_5.11.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
# Local
curl -X GET "https://my-anchore.example.com/v2/system/anchorectl?operating_system=linux&architecture=amd64" -H "accept: */*"

MacOS Intel/AMD64

# Remote
curl -o anchorectl.tar.gz https://anchorectl-releases.anchore.io/anchorectl/v5.11.0/anchorectl_5.11.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
# Local
curl -X GET "https://my-anchore.example.com/v2/system/anchorectl?operating_system=darwin&architecture=amd64" -H "accept: */*"

MacOS ARM/M-Series

# Remote
curl -o anchorectl.tar.gz https://anchorectl-releases.anchore.io/anchorectl/v5.11.0/anchorectl_5.11.0_darwin_arm64.tar.gz
# Local
curl -X GET "https://my-anchore.example.com/v2/system/anchorectl?operating_system=darwin&architecture=arm64" -H "accept: */*"

Windows

For windows, you must specify the version of AnchoreCTL to download if using a script.

curl -o anchorectl.zip https://anchorectl-releases.anchore.io/anchorectl/v5.11.0/anchorectl_5.11.0_windows_amd64.zip

Configuration

Once AnchoreCTL has been installed, learn about AnchoreCTL Configuration