backyards-cli

This is a command line interface for Backyards, the Banzai Cloud automated service mesh, built on Istio.

TL;DR

To install and launch Backyards with a demo application in a few minutes, run the following command (KUBECONFIG must be set for your cluster):

curl https://getbackyards.sh | sh && backyards install -a --run-demo

Documentation

You can find the full Backyards documentation at: https://banzaicloud.com/docs/backyards

Installation

Run the following command:

curl https://getbackyards.sh | sh

Alternatively, pre-built binaries are available in multiple package formats. Download the latest release.

Build from source

To build a binary (under build/) from the source code, clone the repo and then run from the root:

$ make build

Usage

Quick start

To install Istio, all Backyards components and a demo application on a brand new cluster, you just need to issue one command (KUBECONFIG must be set for your cluster):

$ backyards install -a --run-demo

This command first installs Istio with our open-source Istio operator, then installs Backyards components as well as a demo application for demonstration purposes. After the installation of each component has finished, the Backyards UI will automatically open and send some traffic to the demo application. By issuing this one simple command you can watch as Backyards starts a brand new Istio service mesh in just a few minutes!

Install/Uninstall components

The following components can be installed/uninstalled individually as well with the CLI (the -a flag installs/uninstalls them all):

• istio: backyards istio [install|uninstall]
• canary-operator: backyards canary [install|uninstall]
• cert-manager: backyards cert-manager [install|uninstall]
• backyards (backend and UI): backyards [install|uninstall]
• demo application: backyards demoapp [install|uninstall]

Features

You can find all available Backyards features documented at: https://banzaicloud.com/docs/backyards/features

All commands

Install and manage Backyards

Usage:
  backyards [flags]

Commands:
  install       Install Backyards
  uninstall     Uninstall Backyards

  dashboard     Open the Backyards dashboard in a web browser
  graph         Show graph
  login         Log in to Backyards (aliases: l)
  mtls          Manage mTLS policy related configurations
  routing       Manage service routing configurations (aliases: r)
  sidecar-proxy Manage sidecar-proxy related configurations (aliases: sp)
  tap           Tap into HTTP/GRPC mesh traffic

  config        View and manage persistent configuration
  license       Shows Backyards license
  version       Print the client and api version information
  help          Help about any command

Components commands:
  canary        Install and manage canary feature
  cert-manager  Install and manage cert-manager
  demoapp       Install and manage demo application
  istio         Install and manage Istio
  operator      Install and manage Backyards operator

Flags:
      --accept-license                  Accept the license: https://banzaicloud.com/docs/backyards/evaluation-license
      --backyards-namespace string      Namespace in which Backyards is installed [$BACKYARDS_NAMESPACE] (default "backyards-system")
      --base-url string                 Custom Backyards base URL (uses port forwarding or proxying if empty)
      --cacert string                   The CA to use for verifying Backyards' server certificate
      --color                           use colors on non-tty outputs (default true)
      --context string                  name of the kubeconfig context to use
      --formatting.force-color          force color even when non in a terminal
  -h, --help                            help for backyards
      --interactive                     ask questions interactively even if stdin or stdout is non-tty
  -c, --kubeconfig string               path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests
  -p, --local-port int                  Use this local port for port forwarding / proxying to Backyards (when set to 0, a random port will be used) (default -1)
      --non-interactive                 never ask questions interactively
  -o, --output string                   output format (table|yaml|json) (default "table")
      --persistent-config-file string   Backyards persistent config file to use instead of the default at ~/.banzai/backyards/
      --token string                    Authentication token to use to communicate with Backyards
      --use-portforward                 Use port forwarding instead of proxying to reach Backyards
  -v, --verbose                         turn on debug logging
      --version                         version for backyards

Use "backyards [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Cleanup

To remove the demo application, Backyards, and Istio from your cluster, you just need to apply one command, which takes care of removing these components in the correct order:

$ backyards uninstall -a