Installation

DAC is released as standalone binaries through GitHub Releases.

Install Script

curl -LsSf https://getbruin.com/install/dac | sh

The installer installs the Bruin CLI first if bruin is not already available on your PATH, then downloads the latest DAC GitHub release for your platform and installs dac into ~/.local/bin by default.

DAC uses .bruin.yml connections and currently shells out to bruin query to execute dashboard SQL.

To install the latest edge build from main:

curl -LsSf https://getbruin.com/install/dac | sh -s -- --channel edge

To install into a different directory:

curl -LsSf https://getbruin.com/install/dac | sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin

To install a specific version:

curl -LsSf https://getbruin.com/install/dac | sh -s -- v0.1.0

Upgrading

Once dac is on your PATH, upgrade in place with:

dac upgrade

This re-runs the official installer to replace the current binary with the latest release on the same channel. See dac upgrade for flags, channel switching, and pinning a specific version.

DAC also checks GitHub once a day for newer releases on your channel and prints a one-line notice to stderr when one is available. Set DAC_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1 or DO_NOT_TRACK=1 to disable.

Build from Source

If you are developing DAC itself:

git clone https://github.com/bruin-data/dac.git
cd dac
make deps
make build

The binary is output under the repository bin/ directory. Add that directory to your PATH if you want to run it as dac.

Verify Installation

dac version

If you will run dashboards locally, also verify that the Bruin CLI is on your PATH:

bruin --version