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title: Knative CLI for use with OpenShift Serverless
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# Knative CLI for use with OpenShift Serverless {#kn-cli-tools}

The Knative (`kn`) CLI enables simple interaction with Knative components on OpenShift Container Platform.

## Key features {#kn-cli-tools-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.

## Installing the Knative CLI {#kn-cli-tools-installing-kn}

See [Installing the Knative CLI](https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_serverless/1.28/html/installing_serverless/installing-kn#installing-kn).