cli

= riff is for functions image:https://travis-ci.org/projectriff/riff.svg?branch=master["Build Status", link="https://travis-ci.org/projectriff/riff"]

image::logo.png[riff logo, link=https://projectriff.io/]
= A FaaS for Kubernetes

The riff CLI helps developers build and run functions using link:https://github.com/knative/docs[Knative].
It includes commands to install Knative in a Kubernetes cluster, and for managing functions, services, channels, and subscriptions.

== Installation of the latest release

Official binary release are available from the link:https://github.com/projectriff/riff/releases[Releases] page. See link:https://projectriff.io/docs/getting-started-with-knative-riff-on-minikube/[Getting started on Minikube] or
link:https://projectriff.io/docs/getting-started-with-knative-riff-on-gke/[Getting started on GKE] for how to install the riff CLI and the riff system.

See link:Community-Releases.adoc[Community releases] for Mac Homebrew and Debian Apt packages.

== Developer installation of Knative

The code for Knative serving and eventing and build lives in repos under the link:https://github.com/knative[knative] GitHub organization. Developers can use the riff CLI against their own Knative builds, by installing a link:https://github.com/knative/eventing/blob/master/DEVELOPMENT.md[Knative development environment].

== [[manual]] Manual build of the riff CLI

This is the best option if you want to modify the riff CLI.

=== Prerequisites

You need:

* A working Go environment
* The `dep` command line tool https://github.com/golang/dep#installation[installed]

=== Get the main riff repo

[source, bash]
----
go get -d github.com/projectriff/riff/...
----

=== Build the riff CLI

[source, bash]
----
cd $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/projectriff/riff
make build
----

=== Build and install the riff CLI

[source, bash]
----
cd $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/projectriff/riff
make build install
----
NOTE: This installs the CLI in `$GOBIN`, or if that is not set, in the `bin` subdirectory of the directory specified in `$GOPATH`.

== Contributing to riff

Please refer to the link:CONTRIBUTING.adoc[Contributors' Guide].

== Maintaining riff

Please refer to the link:MAINTAINING.adoc[Maintainers' Guide].