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DatabricksCLI 0.296.0, published by Databricks, is a command-line client that exposes the Databricks platform’s REST APIs to automate workspace administration, cluster lifecycle, job orchestration, notebook deployment, and data engineering workflows. Released as the 96th consecutive iteration since the tool’s introduction, the utility targets data engineers, DevOps teams, and platform administrators who need repeatable, scriptable control over Databricks assets without invoking the web UI. Typical use cases include continuous-integration pipelines that provision on-demand clusters, schedule Jupyter-style notebooks as production jobs, migrate libraries or entire workspaces across cloud regions, and enforce governance by scripting token or secret-scope management. Because the CLI consumes the same public APIs that power the interactive workspace, scripts written against version 0.296.0 remain compatible with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud deployments of the Databricks lakehouse architecture, ensuring portability across multi-cloud strategies. The executable is distributed as a single native binary for Windows, macOS, and Linux, eliminating interpreter dependencies, and is updated on a weekly cadence that tracks platform feature releases; the 96 published versions to date document a steady expansion of sub-commands for Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, and serverless compute resources. Installation via Windows package managers such as winget or Chocolatey places the binary on the system path within seconds, after which authentication is completed with a short-lived personal-access token or Azure Active Directory service principal. The software is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources (e.g. winget), always delivering the latest version, and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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