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brew install lacework-cli

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overview

Package summary

CLI for managing Lacework

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Commands and aliases

lacework

history

Project history and usage

Lacework CLI is the command-line interface for managing the Lacework cloud security platform. It is shipped from the Lacework Go SDK repository alongside Go client libraries, config helpers, an updater, and API examples.

The tool is service-specific, but it has package-manager significance because cloud-security teams use it for compliance reports, cloud integrations, vulnerability scans, API access, and automation around Lacework accounts.

Project history

The go-sdk repository states that it provides tools, libraries, documentation, samples, and guides for interacting with the Lacework platform. The CLI sits under that repository as the user-facing command-line layer.

The CLI README documents cross-platform installation through shell scripts, PowerShell, Homebrew, Chocolatey, and Azure Cloud Shell. Development examples in the same README show a 0.1.1-dev build string from April 2020, placing the CLI's public development era in the early Lacework automation period.

Adoption history

Adoption follows Lacework platform usage rather than a general open source community. The CLI stores account, API key, and secret configuration in `$HOME/.lacework.toml`, supports profiles and environment variables, and exposes commands that match Lacework operational areas.

The release feed and release notes show continued packaging of signed binaries and Docker images, including v2.x release artifacts for macOS, Linux, Windows, and container workflows.

How it is used

Users run `lacework configure` to create a profile, then use commands such as `lacework cloud-account list`, `lacework events list`, `lacework vulnerability container scan`, and `lacework api get /schemas`.

For automation, the CLI can read `LW_` environment variables, switch profiles, disable interactivity, emit JSON, and run in cloud shell or CI contexts where API keys are provided by the environment.

Why package nerds care

The package is a representative vendor CLI: the local binary is small, but it encodes a cloud platform's API, credential conventions, profile model, and release cadence.

Its presence in Homebrew also shows how security platforms meet users where operational scripts live, with packaged binaries, checksums, Docker images, and shell-install fallbacks.

Timeline

2020: CLI development examples showed a 0.1.1-dev build string and Makefile install flow.
2020: The repository copyright and SDK documentation identified Lacework Inc. as steward of the Go SDK and CLI code.
2020s: The CLI documented Homebrew, Chocolatey, Bash, PowerShell, Azure Cloud Shell, and Docker installation paths.
2026: v2.14.1 release artifacts included signed platform archives and a Docker image.

Related projects

The Lacework Go API client, lwconfig, lwupdater, and lwdomain packages live in the same repository and support the CLI's platform interaction model.
The Lacework Terraform provider and other Lacework SDKs are adjacent automation surfaces for the same cloud-security platform.
Docker images for `lacework/lacework-cli` provide an alternative packaging path for CI and ephemeral automation.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for lacework-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

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: ~/.lacework.toml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.lacework.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`lacework`	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 version2.14.1

manager updated2026-06-23

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/lacework/go-sdk

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/lacework/go-sdknone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:lacework-cli
Version	2.14.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lacework-cli
Homepage	https://docs.lacework.com/cli
Repository	https://github.com/lacework/go-sdk
Upstream docs	https://docs.lacework.net/cli
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/lacework/go-sdk.git
Last updated	2026-06-23T21:37:21Z
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

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Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	lacework-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

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Combined YAML source

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combined/lacework-cli.yml

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