Installing the CLI tools and making sure they work

 

difficulty Difficulty: Easy

duration Duration: 5 minutes

Description: This document shows how to install the IoT-LAB CLI Tools utilities on your PC. You will install the CLI Tools python package, configure the Tools with your credentials, and check that they work.

Prerequisite: python installed on your PC.

  • install the tools: see install instructions here
  • first time install: setup authentication using ”iotlab-auth” as follows and type your password : 
    $ iotlab-auth -u <login>
  • check it works using ”iotlab-experiment” as follows: 
    $ iotlab-experiment info --site grenoble -li
    {
    "items": [
        {
            "grenoble": {
...
}