# Accessing the IBM Cloud Shell

For this workshop we'll be using the IBM Cloud Shell. The IBM Cloud Shell is a cloud-based shell workspace that you can access through your browser. It's preconfigured with the full IBM Cloud CLI and tons of plug-ins, and other 3rd party CLIs like OpenShift's `oc`, Helm's `helm` and Kubernetes' `kubectl`.

> Refer to the [**SETUP\_CLI**](https://ibm-developer.gitbook.io/openshift101/resources/setup_cli) section if you wish to install these CLIs on your local machine.

## Accessing the IBM Cloud Shell

From the IBM Cloud console, click the IBM Cloud Shell icon. A session will start and automatically log you in through the IBM Cloud CLI.

> **NOTE** Make sure you've selected the right account in the account list

![Accessing the IBM Cloud Shell](https://1137660015-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Lo1CthFUNGt5R3JtwjG%2F-M4KE4U8jUEv54EQtSJQ%2F-M37WdO1JPo6aleGM32O%2Faccess-shell.png?generation=1586272960128807\&alt=media)

From here, you can access pre-installed CLIs like `git`, `kubectl`, and many others.

![Copy the login credentials](https://1137660015-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Lo1CthFUNGt5R3JtwjG%2F-M4KE4U8jUEv54EQtSJQ%2F-M37WdO3vIGdJoNn7SUA%2Fcloud-shell.png?generation=1586272957749111\&alt=media)