generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/humio/cli
name: humioctl
description: >-
  Official Humio (Falcon LogScale) command-line client, written in Go. Streams
  logs to Humio, runs searches, and manages server resources (repositories,
  parsers, users, ingest tokens) over the Humio REST + GraphQL API.
repository: https://github.com/humio/cli
package: github.com/humio/cli/cmd/humioctl
install:
  - method: homebrew
    command: brew install humioctl
    tap: https://github.com/humio/homebrew-humio
  - method: snap
    command: sudo snap install humioctl
  - method: nix
    command: nix-env -i humioctl
  - method: go
    command: go install github.com/humio/cli/cmd/humioctl@latest
auth:
  style: bearer-token
  note: >-
    Configured via `humioctl login` (stores Humio URL + personal API token); the
    token is sent as an Authorization: Bearer header to the Humio API.
command_surface:
  - group: ingest
    summary: Stream/tail files or stdin into a Humio repository.
    examples:
      - humioctl ingest --tail=/var/log/system.log
      - humioctl ingest -label=work-related -tail=/var/log/mysql.log
  - group: repos
    summary: List and manage repositories.
  - group: parsers
    summary: Manage log parsers.
  - group: users
    summary: Manage users and their roles.
  - group: ingest-tokens
    summary: Create and manage ingest tokens.
  - group: login
    summary: Authenticate the CLI against a Humio server URL with an API token.
  - group: cluster
    summary: Inspect cluster nodes and status.