oci-cli mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, zypper installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Repository
• Upstream-Dokumentation
• Paketmanager-Seite

Befehle und Aliase

• create_backup_from_onprem
• oci

Projektgeschichte

The upstream project is maintained by Oracle and distributed from the oracle/oci-cli repository. The README identifies it as the command-line interface for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with Oracle as maintainer and community contributions accepted through the public repository.

The README copyright line covers 2016 and 2019, matching OCI CLI's role as part of Oracle's post-Oracle Cloud Infrastructure tooling generation. Later project evolution is visible in the repository's changelog and release stream, while Oracle documentation remains the canonical user-facing reference for installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and command documentation.

The project expanded beyond a basic noninteractive command runner with interactive mode, shell guidance, suggestions, color-coded required and optional parameters, quick references, offline installation assets, and a container image published through GitHub Container Registry.

Adoptionsgeschichte

OCI CLI became a standard cross-platform entry point for OCI automation because Oracle documents installation paths for macOS, Linux, Oracle Linux, Fedora, and Windows, and because Homebrew packages it as `oci-cli` with the `oci` executable.

Homebrew's formula API generated on 2026-07-01 reports 40,195 installs over 365 days and 11,792 installs over 90 days, showing sustained package-manager use outside Oracle's own installers. The same API lists binary bottles for macOS and Linux variants, making the package available to both workstation and automation environments.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users configure OCI credentials and profiles, then run `oci` commands to inspect and manage cloud resources. Oracle's documentation frames the tool as usable on its own or alongside the Console, and the README points users to example commands, help output, interactive mode, and troubleshooting documentation.

The package matters operationally because cloud teams can place OCI actions in shell scripts, CI jobs, recovery procedures, and offline administrative environments. The container image path adds a reproducible way to run the CLI where installing Python dependencies directly is inconvenient.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package cataloging, OCI CLI is a large vendor cloud CLI with its own release cadence, Python packaging lineage, OS-specific installers, Homebrew bottles, and a container distribution channel. It is also a useful example of a cloud provider CLI that straddles package managers, language packaging, and official documentation.

Zeitleiste

• 2016: The repository license/copyright record begins in the same period as Oracle's public OCI tooling.
• 2019: The README license line still names Oracle and the dual UPL-1.0 / Apache-2.0 licensing.
• 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula metadata lists stable version 3.89.0 and 40,195 installs over the previous 365-day analytics window.

Related projects

• OCI CLI sits beside Oracle's OCI SDK documentation and configuration model, and its container image is published from Oracle's GitHub container packages. It also overlaps with helper projects and integrations that wrap or invoke the `oci` executable in CI and shell workflows.

Quellen

• https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/API/SDKDocs/cliinstall.htm
• https://docs.oracle.com/iaas/Content/API/Concepts/cliconcepts.htm
• https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/oci-cli.json
• https://github.com/oracle/oci-cli/releases
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/master/README.rst