DevOps in Go — cobra Module Introduction
What is cobra Module?
As DevOps engineers, our tools are the key to managing our everyday tasks effectively. We interact with command-line interfaces (CLIs) almost constantly as we navigate through our systems, handle deployments, manage configurations, and much more.
Cobra (https://github.com/spf13/cobra) is a powerful library for creating command-line interfaces (CLIs) in Go. It was developed by Steve Francia, who also co-authored Hugo, a popular static site generator written in Go.
Cobra provides a simple interface for creating powerful modern CLI interfaces, similar to what git, docker, and kubectl have, and it also provides a program interface that can be used to control these applications from within.
Popular CLI Modules in Go
There are some other popular CLI libraries in Go, such as
- CLI: Developed by codegangsta (now urfave), this library is easy to use and allows you to build simple, fast, and fun command line applications. It supports subcommands and provides automatic help generation.
- Kingpin: Kingpin is another popular library known for its fluent-style command configuration. It supports flags, positional…
