fly

name	fly
description	Deploy and manage Fly.io apps via CLI - apps, machines, volumes, secrets, certificates. Use when user mentions 'fly', 'flyctl', 'fly.io', or wants to deploy on Fly.io.
category	devtools
install_command	brew install flyctl

fly

Setup

macOS:

brew install flyctl

Linux:

curl -L https://fly.io/install.sh | sh

Verify installation:

fly --version

Always use --json flag when calling commands programmatically (where supported).

Authentication

fly auth login

Check auth status:

fly auth whoami

Resources

Apps

Command	Description
fly launch	Create and configure a new app
fly apps list	List all apps
fly apps create <name>	Create a new app
fly apps destroy <name>	Destroy an app
fly status	Show app status
fly info	Show app details

Deploy

Command	Description
fly deploy	Deploy the app
fly deploy --image <image>	Deploy a specific Docker image
fly deploy --strategy rolling	Deploy with rolling strategy
fly releases	List recent releases

Logs

Command	Description
fly logs	Stream app logs
fly logs --app <name>	Stream logs for a specific app

Scaling

Command	Description
fly scale count 2	Scale to 2 instances
fly scale vm shared-cpu-1x	Set VM size
fly scale vm shared-cpu-1x --memory 512	Set VM size with memory
fly scale show	Show current scale settings
fly regions list	List available regions
fly regions add <region>	Add a region

Secrets

Command	Description
fly secrets list	List all secrets
fly secrets set KEY=value	Set a secret
fly secrets set KEY1=val1 KEY2=val2	Set multiple secrets
fly secrets unset KEY	Remove a secret

Volumes

Command	Description
fly volumes list	List all volumes
fly volumes create <name> --size 1	Create a volume (size in GB)
fly volumes create <name> --size 1 --region <region>	Create volume in specific region
fly volumes destroy <id>	Destroy a volume
fly volumes extend <id> --size 5	Extend volume size

Certificates

Command	Description
fly certs list	List all certificates
fly certs create <domain>	Add a certificate for a domain
fly certs show <domain>	Show certificate details
fly certs delete <domain>	Remove a certificate

Machines

Command	Description
fly machine list	List all machines
fly machine start <id>	Start a machine
fly machine stop <id>	Stop a machine
fly machine destroy <id>	Destroy a machine
fly machine status <id>	Show machine status

SSH and Proxy

Command	Description
fly ssh console	Open SSH console to the app
fly ssh console --command "ls -la"	Run a command via SSH
fly proxy 5432	Proxy a port to local machine
fly proxy 5432:5432	Proxy with explicit local:remote ports

Global Flags

Flag	Description
--json	Output result as JSON
--app <name>	Specify app name
--config <path>	Path to fly.toml config file
--region <region>	Specify region
--verbose	Enable verbose output