install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install bosh-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#bosh-cli

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/bo/bosh-cli/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Cloud Foundry BOSH CLI v2

Project links

Commands and aliases

bosh-cli

history

Project history and usage

BOSH CLI is the command-line interface for Cloud Foundry BOSH, the release engineering, deployment, and lifecycle-management system used to operate large distributed software across clouds.

Project history

BOSH began as Cloud Foundry infrastructure tooling, combining release packaging, stemcells, deployment manifests, VM lifecycle management, monitoring, recovery, and rolling updates. The BOSH site presents it as a project for managing both small and large-scale cloud software.

The Homebrew package is specifically the Go-based BOSH CLI v2 line. Its repository was created in 2016, and BOSH documentation distinguishes it from the older Ruby-based CLI v1, noting that v2 is stateless and uses hyphenated single commands.

Adoption history

BOSH CLI adoption follows BOSH itself: Cloud Foundry operators use it to deploy directors, upload releases and stemcells, inspect deployments, run errands, and apply manifest changes. Cloud Foundry deployment documentation explicitly says Cloud Foundry leverages BOSH for deployment, lifecycle management, and distributed-systems monitoring.

The batch input records Homebrew and Nix packaging, reflecting its role as an operator workstation tool rather than an end-user application.

How it is used

Operators use the CLI to target BOSH environments, log in, interpolate variables, upload releases and stemcells, deploy manifests, inspect VMs, run tasks, and manage BOSH releases. The CLI docs are organized around those operational commands.

The CLI stores its local configuration under ~/.bosh/config, but v2 expects more state to be supplied explicitly through environments, aliases, flags, and manifest files compared with the old Ruby CLI workflow.

Why package nerds care

BOSH CLI is significant because it is one of the classic Cloud Foundry operator tools: small as a package, but connected to a deep ecosystem of releases, stemcells, directors, CPIs, and cloud deployments.

The v1-to-v2 transition is package-history relevant because it moved the operator CLI from a Ruby gem era to a Go binary era, changing installation and packaging expectations.

Timeline

2016-08: Official GitHub repository metadata shows cloudfoundry/bosh-cli created.
2018: GitHub release metadata shows v5.0.1 in the public release feed.
2026: Repository metadata and package-manager input show ongoing maintenance and Homebrew/Nix distribution.

Related projects

cloudfoundry/bosh is the wider BOSH release and director project that the CLI operates.
bosh-deployment provides manifests and operations files for deploying BOSH directors.
Cloud Foundry cf-deployment is a major downstream deployment workflow that relies on BOSH.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

text:cloud

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.bosh/config

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`bosh-cli`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version7.10.6

manager updated2026-06-18

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv7.10.6

https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-cli

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:bosh-cli
Version	7.10.6
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bosh-cli
Homepage	https://bosh.io/docs/cli-v2/
Repository	https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-cli
Upstream docs	https://bosh.io/docs
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-cli/archive/refs/tags/v7.10.6.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-18T07:59:33Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	bosh-cli
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

bosh-cli

nix profile install nixpkgs#bosh-cli

normalized package name match
Matched by: Bosh Cli

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bo/bosh-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/bosh-cli.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install bosh-cli with Homebrew, Nix