How to use Confluent CLI on docker - confluent-platform

Question

I have started Confluent Platform on my windows 10 using docker with the help of https://docs.confluent.io/current/quickstart/ce-docker-quickstart.html. Now I want to try using Confluent CLI. But I don't see any documentation on how to use confluent cli on docker. Can you please suggest me how can I do this !

Answer 1

Confluent does not provide a docker image for the CLIs at this time (that I'm aware of). Until that time, you could build a simple image locally to package up the CLI for experimenting w/ the command.
Create Dockerfile:
FROM ubuntu:latest
RUN apt update && apt upgrade
RUN apt install -y curl
RUN curl -L --http1.1 https://cnfl.io/cli | sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin
Then build with:
docker build -t confluent-cli:latest .
Then run on the cp-all-in-one network with:
$ docker run -it --rm --network="cp-all-in-one_default" confluent-cli:latest bash
Then from the containers shell, experiement w/ the command:
root#421e53d4a04a:/# confluent
Manage your Confluent Platform.
Usage:
confluent [command]
Available Commands:
cluster Retrieve metadata about Confluent clusters.
completion Print shell completion code.
help Help about any command
iam Manage RBAC, ACL and IAM permissions.
local Manage a local Confluent Platform development environment.
login Log in to Confluent Platform (required for RBAC).
logout Logout of Confluent Platform.
secret Manage secrets for Confluent Platform.
update Update the confluent CLI.
version Print the confluent CLI version.
Flags:
-h, --help help for confluent
-v, --verbose count Increase verbosity (-v for warn, -vv for info, -vvv for debug, -vvvv for trace).
--version version for confluent
Use "confluent [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Answer 2

Here is the image:
https://hub.docker.com/r/confluentinc/confluent-cli
Basically run the following commands:
devbox1#devbox1:~/onibex/wa$ docker pull confluentinc/confluent-cli
devbox1#devbox1:~/onibex/wa$ docker run confluentinc/confluent-cli
To check if the image was added:
devbox1#devbox1:~/onibex/wa$ docker ps -a | grep confluent-cli
a5ecf9223d35 confluentinc/confluent-cli
Add "sudo" if it is needed.