fctl is a command line utility for interacting with the Formant platform. It may be used to query live and historical telemetry data, manage agent configuration or ingest offline data.
Install fctl
Convenience Script
bash <(curl -s https://app.formant.io/install-fctl.sh)
This will intstall fctl on your system and prompt you for admin credentials. This will also configure your ~/.ssh/config for ssh over Formant's peer-to-peer connection.
Linux:
You can follow the same repo setup steps for the agent found here.
Next, update and install the fctl debian package:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install fctl
Mac:
Setup the Formant tap and install via homebrew:
brew tap formantio/formant
brew install formantio/formant/fctl
Docker:
First you'll need to initialize the fctl container with a volume mount on your local machine to store tokens (make sure to include a ' ' before the command so it doesn't save to your history):
docker run -it -v <permanent_storage>:/root/.formant -e FORMANT_EMAIL=<admin_email> -e FORMANT_PASSWORD=<admin_password> formant/fctl init
Replace <permanent_storage> with a mount path on your local host system, and fill in your admin credentials.
Verify Installation (Mac/Linux):
Check that fctl is available by running:
fctl -h
You should see:
fctl supports command-line interaction with the Formant Cloud APIs
Usage:
fctl [command]
Available Commands:
apply Apply configuration to devices
completion Generate completion scripts
create Create a resource
describe Describe a resource
help Help about any command
init Reinitialize fctl credentials
list List a resource
port-forward Port forward to your device, used for SSH, SCP, and network tunneling.
provision Provision a resource
query Query ingested datapoints
version Get fctl version
Flags:
-h, --help display detailed help for fctl
Use "fctl [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Credential fctl (Mac/Linux)
fctl requires admin level privileges on your Formant account. We never store your email/password on disk so you initialize by running:
fctl init