How-To Install the Crusoe CLI with apt and yum – Crusoe Support

This article provides a step by step instruction on how to install the CLI with apt and yum.

Installing the Crusoe CLI with apt

1. On a Linux instance, run the following commands as the root user:

echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://apt.fury.io/crusoe/ * *" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fury.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install crusoe

2. To upgrade to a newer version of the CLI, run:

sudo apt upgrade crusoe

1. Download the latest .rpm file correlating to the latest version release here

2. On a Linux instance, run the follow command to install:

sudo yum install <path_to_crusoe_rpm_.rpm>

3. To upgrade to a new version of the CLI, you'll need to download the latest .rpm file, then run the install command.

1. Confirm the Crusoe CLI is installed by running:

crusoe -v

Expected output as of March 31, 2025:

crusoe version v0.31.7

1. Run the following commands to set up a default configuration for the CLI to use:

crusoe config set default_project <project_name>
crusoe config set access_key_id <access_key_id>
crusoe config set secret_key <secret_key>

1. To configure the CLI without a config file, set equivalent environment variables:

CRUSOE_DEFAULT_PROJECT=$project_name
CRUSOE_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$access_key
CRUSOE_SECRET_KEY=$secret_key