Installing Astra CLI

You can install Astra CLI on macOS, Linux, and Windows (with WSL) environments.

The GitHub repo for Astra CLI is here.

For information about the latest release, see this page.
If installed previously, run astra --version to find your installed version and see if you need to update.

Install Astra CLI on macOS

You can install via Homebrew or manually.

Homebrew is the easiest way to manage your Astra CLI install. Homebrew provides convenient ways to install, update, and uninstall. If you don’t have Homebrew available on your system, install Homebrew before continuing.

You can install Astra CLI on macOS by updating your brew repository information, and then running the install command:

brew install datastax/astra-cli/astra-cli

The Homebrew formula of Astra CLI installs a completion file named astra in the Homebrew-managed completions directory. By default, the location is /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/.

To enable completion, please follow Homebrew’s instructions here.

Manual Installation on macOS

To install or reinstall Astra CLI:

curl -Ls "https://dtsx.io/get-astra-cli" | bash

curl -Ls "https://dtsx.io/get-astra-cli" | bash

Installed location on your Linux machine

Astra CLI is installed in ~/.astra/cli. This folder is deleted and recreated during installation.

Your configuration is saved in the ~/.astrarc file. It is not deleted during reinstallations.

Install Astra CLI on Windows

Install Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Install Astra CLI:

curl -Ls "https://dtsx.io/get-astra-cli" | bash

For more information, see Awesome Astra.

Installing Astra CLI

Install Astra CLI on macOS

Using Homebrew

Manual Installation on macOS

Installed location on your macOS machine

Install Astra CLI on Linux

Manual Installation on Linux

Installed location on your Linux machine

Install Astra CLI on Windows

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