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Illumio Core 23.2 Administration Guide

Overview of the CLI Tool

Learn about the CLI Tool, become familiar with the general syntax of the CLI Tool commands, and learn the environment variables you can use to customize the CLI Tool.

Important

See the Illumio Core CLI Tool 1.4.3 What's New document.

Before You Begin Using the CLI Tool

Before you start using the CLI Tool, review these prerequisites:

  • The CLI Tool interacts with the PCEs. Become familiar with PCE concepts such as core and data nodes, workloads, and traffic. See the PCE Administration Guide.

  • The CLI Tool is often used to upload vulnerability data. Learn how vulnerability data is used in the PCE web console. See "Vulnerability Maps" in the Visualization Guide.

  • The CLI Tool can be used with workload data. Learn about workloads. See the "VEN Architecture and Components" topic in the VEN Administration Guide.

  • The CLI Tool can be used with security policy rules, rulesets, labels, and similar resources. Become familiar with these concepts. See "The Illumio Policy Model" in the Security Policy Guide.

CLI Tool Versioning

Illumio Core CLI Tool 1.4.3 is compatible with Illumio Core PCE versions:

  • PCE 24.5

  • PCE 24.2.10

  • PCE 23.5

  • PCE 23.2

  • PCE 22.5

  • PCE 22.2.0 (Standard)

  • PCE 21.5.20 (LTS)

  • PCE 21.2.4 (LTS)

  • PCE 22.1.1 (Standard)

The CLI Tool version numbering is independent of the release and version numbering of Illumio Core PCE and VEN. The CLI Tool works with multiple versions of the PCE and VEN and does not necessarily need software changes in parallel with releases of the PCE or the VEN.