1.1X Setting up Rescale CLI
A command-line app for submitting jobs to Rescale
The Rescale Client App or Rescale Command Line Interface (CLI)A Command Line Interface is a user interface for computers w... More is a Java-based client application for submitting and managing jobs to Rescale without having to explicitly know the Rescale API. Aside from providing a simple command line utility for the Rescale API, it also integrates the multi-threaded transfer library for uploading files directly to the Rescale Cloud Storagea simple and scalable way to store, access, and share data o... More. This also handles any authentication related to uploading/downloading files from the Rescale Data Store. The App has several main functions:
- Submit: submitting a job in the current working directory to Rescale
- Status: obtaining the status of a running job on Rescale
- Sync: syncing output files of jobs to your hard drive
- Retrieve Info: retrieve metadataMetadata is data that provides information about other data,... More from the Rescale API
This section describes the steps needed to set up the Rescale CLI App on your local workstationA workstation is a powerful computer system designed for pro... More. Rescale CLI version 1.1.0 and higher does not require a separate Java install. The Java RTE is packaged into the installation package for the CLI.
Looking for an older version? Read more about Rescale CLI V1.0.X
In order to utilize the Rescale CLI App, an API key token must be generated to properly identify the user and associated account.
To create this API token, in the Rescale Web UI, click on the drop down menu associated with the user account name (usually your email address) in the upper right hand corner. Select Account from the drop down menu. Then from the navigation menu on the left choose API. This should bring you to:
On the Rescale API page, below your API token, the Rescale CLI Java-based app that is suitable to your OS can be downloaded.
Once downloaded, install the CLI App on your computer.
For MacOS and Windows, click on the install package and follow the prompts on the installation wizard.
If you are installing the rpm package on Linux OS, you can use the following command:
sudo rpm -i
If you are installing the .deb package on Ubuntu, you can use the following command:
sudo dpkg -i
Verifying the installation of Rescale CLI
To verify the installation was successful, run rescale-cli -h. You should see an output regarding the usage of the tool. If you get an error that the command is not found you may need to reinstall or adjust your path variable
