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Installation

1. Download the latest MettleCI CLI RPM distributable from the MettleCI software download website.

2. As per the MettleCI Workbench installation, the DM_WORKBENCH_USER environment variable can be used to set file ownership to a user other than the default mciworkb.

3. Open a shell and navigate to the ,location of your . Install the mettleCI CLI using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)

   Code Block
   $> sudo rpm -U dm-mettleci-command-shell-x.x-x.noarch.rpm $> # or for IBM AIX... $> sudo rpm -U dm-mettleci-command-shell-x.x-x.noarch.rpm --nodeps --ignoreos

   … where x.x.x is the build version of the workbench you downloaded.

4. If you are installing the MettleCI CLI alongside the MettleCI Workstation on a DataStage engine tier, you will already have a MettleCI license file which the Command Shell will use without need for configuration.

5. If you don’t already have a MettleCI license file:

   1. Request a trial license for MettleCI from the link on the same site. This will be delivered to you via email as a file attachment.

   2. By default, the config.properties configuration file refers to the license file location by license.file=../mettleci.lic (the parent directory). Save the license file and update the license.file setting to refer to its location.

Verify your install/upgrade

1. Verify your MettleCi is running:

   Code Block
   $> mettleci MettleCI Command Line. Build xxx (C)2018-2020 Data Migrators Pty Ltd mettleci>

Uninstall the Command Line Interface

1. You can uninstall the MettleCI Workbench package like any other RPM package:

   Code Block
   $> sudo rpm -e dm-mettleci-command-shell

Downgrading Command Line Interface

1. If something goes wrong and you need to downgrade your version of MettleCI Command Line Interface, without performing an uninstall/reinstall, you can use the following command:

   Code Block
   $> rpm -Uvh --oldpackage dm-mettleci-command-shell-x.x-x.noarch.rpm

   … where x.x.x is the build version of the CLI you want to downgrade to.

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