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= Installing the Network Observability CLI

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The Network Observability CLI gives you a lightweight way to quickly debug and troubleshoot network observability. It must be installed separately.

Installing the Network Observability CLI (`oc netobserv`) is a separate procedure from the Network Observability Operator installation. This means that, even if the Operator is installed from the software catalog, the `CLI` must be installed separately.

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Users can optionally use Krew to install the `netobserv` CLI plugin. For more information, see "Installing a CLI plugin with Krew".
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.Prerequisites
* You must install the {oc-first}.
* You must have a macOS or Linux operating system.
* You must install either `docker` or `podman`.

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You can use `podman` or `docker` to run the installation commands. This procedure uses `podman`.
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.Procedure

. Log in to the *Red Hat registry* by running the following command:
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[source,terminal]
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$ podman login registry.redhat.io
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. Extract the `oc-netobserv` file from the image by running the following commands:
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$ podman create --name netobserv-cli registry.redhat.io/network-observability/network-observability-cli-rhel9:1.11
$ podman cp netobserv-cli:/oc-netobserv .
$ podman rm netobserv-cli
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. Move the extracted file to a directory that is on the system's `PATH`, such as `/usr/local/bin/`, by running the following command:
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$ sudo mv oc-netobserv /usr/local/bin/
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.Verification

. Verify that `oc netobserv` is available:
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$ oc netobserv version
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This command should produce an outcome similar to the following example:
[source,terminal]
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Netobserv CLI version <version>
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