The SAS Viya command-line interface (CLI) allows direct interaction with the SAS Viya REST services through command-line inputs, offering a programmatic alternative to the SAS Viya graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
Previously the only deployment option for the sas-viya CLI was to install locally on a machine running Linux, Windows or OSX.
With the March stable release of SAS Viya (2024.03) the sas-viya CLI is now available as a container image. The container image includes the sas-viya CLI and scripts for batch processing within SAS Viya Platform deployments or as an independent container.
The containerised deployment offers several benefits:
For more information about the new containerized SAS Viya command-line interface (CLI) please see SAS® Viya® Platform Administration: Command-Line Interface.
A key consideration when upgrading SAS Viya is to ensure the versions of the following platform components are supported.
From the May stable release (2024.05), the following supported versions have changed:
From the February stable release (2024.02), the following versions were supported:
Further information about these releases can be found in the links below: