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= Knative CLI for use with {ServerlessProductName}
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The Knative (`kn`) CLI enables simple interaction with Knative components on {product-title}.

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== Key features

The Knative (`kn`) CLI is designed to make serverless computing tasks simple and concise.
Key features of the Knative CLI include:

* Deploy serverless applications from the command line.
* Manage features of Knative Serving, such as services, revisions, and traffic-splitting.
* Create and manage Knative Eventing components, such as event sources and triggers.
* Create sink bindings to connect existing Kubernetes applications and Knative services.
* Extend the Knative CLI with flexible plugin architecture, similar to the `kubectl` CLI.
* Configure autoscaling parameters for Knative services.
* Scripted usage, such as waiting for the results of an operation, or deploying custom rollout and rollback strategies.

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== Installing the Knative CLI

See link:https://docs.openshift.com/serverless/1.28/install/installing-kn.html#installing-kn[Installing the Knative CLI].