POV Demo

Getting Started

Prerequisites & CLI Setup

Install the tekanaid CLI, authenticate, and configure your environment before creating courses or labs.

Prerequisites

You should be comfortable with the following before creating content:

  • •YAML syntax — all course and lab configuration is YAML
  • •Markdown — task instructions and lesson transcripts are Markdown
  • •Linux command line — lab setup scripts are Bash
  • •Basic understanding of the technology your content covers

CLI Installation

The tekanaid CLI is the primary tool for validating and deploying courses and labs.

Download link coming soon. The CLI binary is currently distributed privately. Contact your POV Demo account manager to receive the download link for your platform.

Once downloaded, move the binary to your PATH:

sudo mv tekanaid /usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/tekanaid

Verify the installation:

tekanaid version

Authentication

Authenticate with the platform before pushing any content:

tekanaid login

If you get an authentication error on any command, run tekanaid logout && tekanaid login to refresh your session.

Environments

Set these two variables before running any push command:

export TEKANAID_ENV=production
export TEKANAID_TARGET=povdemo

Quick Reference

tekanaid login

Authenticate with the platform

tekanaid logout

Log out of the platform

tekanaid version

Print the CLI version number

tekanaid validate-course

Validate a course in the current directory

tekanaid push-course

Deploy a course to the platform

tekanaid validate-course-batch <dir>

Validate all courses in a parent directory

tekanaid push-course-batch <dir>

Deploy all courses in a parent directory

tekanaid validate

Validate a lab in the current directory

tekanaid push

Deploy a lab to the platform

tekanaid validate-batch <dir>

Validate all labs in a parent directory

tekanaid push-batch <dir>

Deploy all labs in a parent directory

tekanaid lab-start <slug>

Start a lab session for manual testing

tekanaid lab-status <slug>

Get status of a running lab session

tekanaid lab-stop <slug>

Stop and clean up a lab session

tekanaid test <slug>

Test a lab (assignments or skips mode)

tekanaid list-labs

List all available labs in your account

tekanaid list-courses

List all available courses in your account

tekanaid assets upload <path>

Upload asset files for a course or lab

tekanaid assets list --course <slug>

List assets uploaded for a course