Install the Radius CLI on your workstation with the appropriate installation script:


wget -q "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radius-project/radius/main/deploy/install.sh" -O - | /bin/bash


curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radius-project/radius/main/deploy/install.sh" | /bin/bash

Run the following in a PowerShell window:

iwr -useb "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radius-project/radius/main/deploy/install.ps1" | iex

You may need to refresh your $PATH environment variable to access rad:

$Env:Path = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path","User")

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Azure Cloud Shell is an interactive, authenticated, browser-accessible shell for managing Azure resources.

Azure Cloud Shell for bash doesn’t have a sudo command, so users are unable to install Radius to the default /usr/local/bin installation path. To install the Radius CLI to the home directory, run the following commands:

export RADIUS_INSTALL_DIR=./
wget -q "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radius-project/radius/main/deploy/install.sh" -O - | /bin/bash

Visit Radius GitHub releases to select and download a specific version of the Radius CLI.

You may be prompted for your root or administrator password during installation. If you do not have permission to the default installation location, you can set the RADIUS_INSTALL_DIR environment variable with your preferred install directory.

Verify the Radius CLI is installed correctly by running rad version.