# Install akamai with Homebrew CLI toolkit for working with Akamai's APIs. Version 2.0.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-09. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:akamai ``` ## Agent safety answer akamai CLI controls Akamai edge configuration and account resources. - **Credential access:** Reads Akamai credentials, edgerc files, account switches, and environment values. - **Remote mutation:** Can change edge properties, purge caches, and mutate account configuration. - **Publish/artifact risk:** Can publish edge delivery or security configuration. - **Recommended control:** Gate property, purge, credential, and activation commands. - **Agent-use guidance:** Allow read-only account inspection; require approval for activations, purges, and credential use. Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install akamai ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:akamai - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.0.4 - **Source summary:** CLI toolkit for working with Akamai's APIs - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-09T09:09:23Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - akamai (cli) - akamai (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.0.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-09 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/akamai/cli - Upstream latest detected: v2.0.4 (current) ## Project history and usage Akamai CLI is Akamai's command-line framework for configuring Akamai platform products and APIs. The base `akamai` command is intentionally extensible: users install product-specific command packages, and those packages share conventions for authentication, command naming, and updates. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created in May 2017. The README describes a base CLI that can install ready-to-use product packages or serve as a framework for custom solutions written in Go, Python, or JavaScript. The project adopted a package-oriented model inside the CLI itself. Built-in commands such as `install`, `uninstall`, `update`, `upgrade`, `search`, and `config` manage command packages under `$HOME/.akamai-cli`, while product packages use executable naming conventions such as `akamai-`. ### Adoption history Adoption follows Akamai's developer and operations audience. Official instructions cover release binaries, Homebrew, Docker images, and building from source, which made the CLI available both to local workstation users and CI/container users. The README explicitly documents the Homebrew formula path for users who want package-manager updates, while non-Homebrew installs can use the CLI's own upgrade check introduced for v0.3.0 or later. ### How it is used The central operational file is `~/.edgerc`, the standard EdgeGrid credential file. Akamai-branded packages use it by default, and commands can override the file and section with `--edgerc` and `--section`. A common workflow is to install the base `akamai` command, install a product package such as Property Manager, then run product-specific commands with shared global flags such as `--accountkey`, `--edgerc`, and `--section`. ### Why package nerds care Akamai CLI is interesting to package nerds because it is both a package and a package host. Homebrew installs the base binary, and the binary then manages its own Git-backed command packages in `$HOME/.akamai-cli`. That layered model is common among vendor CLIs with broad API surfaces: keep the base command stable, then let product teams ship smaller command repositories without turning one formula into a giant monolith. ### Timeline - 2017: Public `akamai/cli` repository created. - v0.3.0 and later: README documents first-run automatic upgrade checks for non-Homebrew installs. - 2026: Repository metadata still points users to Akamai developer CLI documentation. ### Related projects - Akamai EdgeGrid: the authentication scheme and `.edgerc` credential format used by Akamai-branded CLI packages. - akamai-docker: official Docker images that bundle the CLI and public packages. - Akamai product CLI packages: GitHub repositories named with the `cli-` convention and installable through `akamai install`. ### Sources - - - - input source_facts.repo ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.akamai-cli/config ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.edgerc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** akamai - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [linode-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/linode-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: akamai, api, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [flarectl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flarectl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cdn, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aiven-client](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aiven-client/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aliyun-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aliyun-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [filen-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/filen-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [firebase-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/firebase-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [firefly](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/firefly/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [fn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fn/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/akamai.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/akamai.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph - curated agent safety answer