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Boundary
Self-managed quick start

Install Boundary Desktop

  • 10min
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  • Boundary

Boundary end-users can use the Desktop Client app to connect to a running Boundary server to:

  • Browse available targets
  • Connect to targets
  • Manage active sessions

Security administrators use the Boundary CLI and API to automate infrastructure access management, but the Desktop app makes Boundary accessible to low-code and no-code users. The browse, connect, and manage functionality is convenient for day-to-day operations.

In this tutorial, you will install the Boundary Desktop app, start Boundary in dev mode and connect to a target.

Prerequisites

  1. A macOS, Windows, or Linux Workstation
  2. Boundary is still running in dev mode

Install Boundary Desktop

Boundary Desktop is available for macOS, Windows, or Linux systems. Select the tab for your preferred OS.

You can install Boundary Desktop on macOS by either:

  • The Homebrew package manager
  • Direct Download

Homebrew is a free and open-source package management system for macOS. Install from the official Boundary Desktop cask from the terminal.

First, install the hashicorp tap, a repository of all HashiCorp Homebrew packages.

$ brew tap hashicorp/tap

Next, install Boundary Desktop with Homebrew:

$ brew install hashicorp-boundary-desktop