Setting up Solana Cloud tools — Forge College

Ready to deploy and test Solana programs from your workstation? Installing and configuring the Solana Cloud tools correctly is the essential first step to a reliable deployment flow.

What you'll learn
In this lesson you'll install the solana-cloud CLI and the small set of utilities required to interact with the Solana Cloud control plane and runtime. You will learn how to create or place authentication credentials (API key or local keypair file), configure the solana-cloud CLI to point at the correct control-plane endpoint, and export the environment variables the CLI needs (for example SOLANA_CLOUD_API_KEY and SOLANA_CLOUD_ENDPOINT). The lesson walks through the exact commands and environment variables to include in a reproducible shell script, how the CLI maps to control plane endpoints, and how to run verification checks such as a control-plane status call and a runtime health/echo check that returns a predictable response. You will also learn common troubleshooting steps for missing env vars, file permissions, and misconfigured endpoints.

Who this is for
This lesson is aimed at beginners who already understand basic Solana concepts and are comfortable in a UNIX-like terminal (macOS or Linux; WSL2 recommended for Windows). No prior Solana Cloud setup is required.

Key topics covered
- Installing the solana-cloud CLI and confirming versions
- Configuring authentication with an API key or keypair file
- Exporting environment variables and writing a reproducible setup script
- Mapping the CLI to control plane endpoints and runtime nodes
- Running verification commands: control-plane status and runtime health check
- Troubleshooting common setup errors (permissions, env vars, endpoints)

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