Using the Cloud Client as an interactive shell provides a easy-to-use utility for performing many common VMware Cloud Management Platform Functions

Launching Cloud Client

Use the following procedure to launch Cloud Client on Windows.

• Open a command prompt on your workstation.
• Change directories to the directory where you extracted the Cloud Client files.
• Enter bin\cloudclient.bat

Use the following procedure to launch Cloud Client on Linux or MacOSX.

• Open a terminal on your workstation.
• Change directories to the directory where you extracted the Cloud Client files.
• Enter sh bin/cloudclient.sh

You may also add CloudClient bin directory to PATH and then run cloudclient.bat or cloudclient.sh directly without the need to change the directories to the directory where you extracted the CloudClient files.

• On Windows, oepn a command prompt on your workstation, and run the command SET PATH=%PATH%;DriveLetter:\full\path\to\CloudClient\bin\directory\
• On Unix or Linux or MacOSX, open a terminal on your workstation, and run the command export PATH=$PATH:/full/path/to/CloudClient/bin/directory/

The Cloud Client interface appears.