databricks-cli/README.md

# Databricks CLI

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This project is in Public Preview.

Documentation is available at https://docs.databricks.com/dev-tools/cli/databricks-cli.html.

## Installation

This CLI is packaged as a dependency-free binary executable and may be located in any directory.
See https://github.com/databricks/cli/releases for releases and
the [Databricks documentation](https://docs.databricks.com/en/dev-tools/cli/install.html) for detailed information about installing the CLI.

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### Homebrew

We maintain a [Homebrew tap](https://github.com/databricks/homebrew-tap) for installing the Databricks CLI. You can find instructions for how to install, upgrade and downgrade the CLI using Homebrew [here](https://github.com/databricks/homebrew-tap/blob/main/README.md).

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### Docker
You can use the CLI via a Docker image by pulling the image from `ghcr.io`. You can find all available versions
at: https://github.com/databricks/cli/pkgs/container/cli.
```
docker pull ghcr.io/databricks/cli:latest
```

Example of how to run the CLI using the Docker image. More documentation is available at https://docs.databricks.com/dev-tools/bundles/airgapped-environment.html.
```
docker run -e DATABRICKS_HOST=$YOUR_HOST_URL -e DATABRICKS_TOKEN=$YOUR_TOKEN ghcr.io/databricks/cli:latest current-user me
```

## Authentication

This CLI follows the Databricks Unified Authentication principles.

You can find a detailed description at https://github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go#authentication.