Install, authenticate with, and utilize the Salesforce sfdx CLI on CircleCI with ease.

Read the full automated documentation live on the Orb Registry:

1. Enable Dev Hub
2. Create a private key with OpenSSL
3. Create a connected app

Base64 encode your private key

Navigate to the directory containing the self signed certificate files you created earlier and enter the following command: base64 server.key. Once you have the base64 encoded value, copy it for the next step.

Add environment variables

https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/env-vars/#setting-an-environment-variable-in-a-project

• SFDX_JWT_KEY This value must contain the base64 encoded value of the private server.key file.
• SFDX_CONSUMER_KEY The consumer key of the connected app for salesforce

version: 2.1
  orbs:
    sfdx: circleci/[email protected]
  jobs:
    install_authenticate:
      executor: sfdx/default
      steps:
        - checkout
        - sfdx/install
        - sfdx/auth:
            defaultusername: [email protected]
        - run:
            name: Run your SFDX commands here
            command: |
              echo "You now have access to the sfdx cli and may execute commands against it. https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.sfdx_cli_reference.meta/sfdx_cli_reference/cli_reference.htm"
              sfdx force:auth:list
  workflows:
    basic-test:
      jobs:
        - install_authenticate

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