Download and Install

macOS Sierra (10.12) or later is required.

Official Pulumi Homebrew Tap

You can install Pulumi through the Homebrew package manager and using our official Pulumi Homebrew Tap

$ brew install pulumi/tap/pulumi

This will install the pulumi CLI to the usual place (often /usr/local/bin/pulumi) and add it to your path.

Subsequent updates can be installed in the usual way:

$ brew upgrade pulumi

Community Homebrew

A Pulumi formula is available on the Community Homebrew. If you do not have the Pulumi tap installed, then you can still install Pulumi from homebrew using the command:

$ brew install pulumi

MacPorts

You can install Pulumi through the MacPorts package manager:

$ sudo port install pulumi

This will install the pulumi CLI to /opt/local/bin/pulumi and add it to your path.

Subsequent updates can be installed through the upgrade outdated command:

$ sudo port upgrade outdated

Installation Script

Alternatively, you can run our installation script.

$ curl -fsSL https://get.pulumi.com | sh

This will install the pulumi CLI to ~/.pulumi/bin and add it to your path. When it can’t automatically add pulumi to your path, you will be prompted to add it manually. See How to permanently set $PATH on Unix for guidance.

The installer script can be rerun to subsequently install new updates.

Manual Installation

If you do not wish to use the previous options, you can install Pulumi manually.

1. Download Pulumi 3.35.1 for macOS. For prior versions and release notes, see the Available Versions page.

1. Extract the tarball and move the binaries in the pulumi directory to a directory included in your system’s $PATH.

Installation Script

To install, run our installation script:

$ curl -fsSL https://get.pulumi.com | sh

This will install the pulumi CLI to ~/.pulumi/bin and add it to your path. When it can’t automatically add pulumi to your path, you will be prompted to add it manually. See How to permanently set $PATH on Unix for guidance.

Manual Installation

Alternatively, you can install Pulumi manually. We provide a prebuilt binary for Linux.

1. Download Pulumi 3.35.1 for Linux x64. For prior versions and release notes, see the Available Versions page.

1. Extract the tarball and move the binaries in the pulumi directory to a directory included in your system’s $PATH.

Windows 8 and later are supported.

Chocolatey

You can install Pulumi using elevated permissions through the Chocolatey package manager:

> choco install pulumi

This will install the pulumi CLI to the usual place (often $($env:ChocolateyInstall)\lib\pulumi) and generate the shims (usually $($env:ChocolateyInstall)\bin) to add Pulumi your path.

Subsequent updates can be installed in the usual way:

> choco upgrade pulumi

Winget

Install Pulumi using the winget-cli package manager. This is built-in on Windows 11 and later.

> winget install pulumi

To update Pulumi to a more recent version:

> winget upgrade pulumi

Standalone Installer

You can download the latest Pulumi Installer for Windows x64 and run it like any other installer. It will automatically add Pulumi to the path and make it available machine-wide.

Installation Script

1. Open a new command prompt window (WIN+R: cmd.exe):

2. Run our installation script:

> @"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://get.pulumi.com/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%USERPROFILE%\.pulumi\bin"

This will install the pulumi.exe CLI to %USERPROFILE%\.pulumi\bin and add it to your path.

Manual Installation

Alternatively, you can install Pulumi manually using binaries built for Windows x64.

1. Download Pulumi 3.35.1 binaries for Windows x64. For prior versions and release notes, see the Available Versions page.

1. Unzip the file and extract the contents to a folder such as C:\pulumi.

2. Add C:\pulumi\bin to your path via System Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> User Variables -> Path -> Edit.

warning: A new version of Pulumi is available. To upgrade from version '0.17.26' to '3.35.1', run
   $ curl -sSL https://get.pulumi.com | sh
or visit https://pulumi.com/docs/reference/install/ for manual instructions and release notes.

warning: A new version of Pulumi is available. To upgrade from version '0.17.26' to '3.35.1', run
   $ curl -sSL https://get.pulumi.com | sh
or visit https://pulumi.com/docs/reference/install/ for manual instructions and release notes.

warning: A new version of Pulumi is available. To upgrade from version '0.17.26' to '3.35.1', run
   > "%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://get.pulumi.com/install.ps1'))"
or visit https://pulumi.com/docs/reference/install/ for manual instructions and release notes.

Installation Script

$ curl -fsSL https://get.pulumi.com | sh -s -- --version <version>

Installation Script

To install, run our installation script:

$ curl -fsSL https://get.pulumi.com | sh -s -- --version <version>

Chocolatey

You can specify a specific version with Chocolatey package manager:

> choco install pulumi --version <version>

Installation Script

1. Open a new command prompt window (WIN+R: cmd.exe):

2. Run our installation script (replace <version> with the version number):

> @"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; $version = '<version>'; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://get.pulumi.com/install.ps1')).Replace('${Version}', $version)" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%USERPROFILE%\.pulumi\bin"