Manage cloud resources and applications from any web browser, with one click from the IBM Cloud console
Overview
Command-line control, from anywhere
IBM Cloud® Shell gives you complete control of your cloud resources, applications and infrastructure, from any web browser. Get pre-authenticated access to the latest tools and programming languages for cloud-based development, deployment and management of services and applications — all in a secure shell.
Features
Key features
Take advantage of a curated, cloud-based workspace with dozens of preinstalled tools and programming languages. It automatically authenticates to your IBM Cloud account so you can get right to work.
Use the file upload/download functionality to import files to IBM Cloud Shell or to pull down data to your local machine.
Use up to five shell sessions at a time to maximize your productivity. Mirror workflows on your local machine, or view logs on one session while editing a file in another.
Employ this secure, out-of-the-box solution for rapid cloud native development and deployment, from anywhere.
Preview changes to apps that you're developing at an URL that only you can access.
Interact with new services from the command-line environment you know. Engage in demos, labs and hackathons with zero setup.
Use cases
Use cases
Employ a lightning-fast environment with all the latest tools and programming languages you need for development.
Manage services like Kubernetes, AI or databases in your preferred environment – the command line.
Access your applications when you’re without your primary workstation. View logs and redeploy using only your web browser.
Interact with new services from the command-line environment you know. Engage in demos, labs and hackathons with zero setup.