Salesforce DX Setup Guide

Before You Begin
System Requirements
CLI and Plug-In Versions
Enable Dev Hub in Your Org
Enable Second-Generation Packaging
Free Limited Access License
Add Salesforce DX Users
Install the Salesforce CLI
Use the Salesforce CLI from Behind a Company Firewall or Web Proxy
Update the CLI
Uninstall the CLI Binary or Plug-In
Sample Source in GitHub
Next Steps
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Free Limited Access License

Looking to use Dev Hub in your production or business org but don’t have a Salesforce user license? Look no further. The Salesforce Limited Access - Free license lets developers access Dev Hub to create and manage scratch orgs. In addition to this functionality, you can access Chatter to collaborate with other users.

The main purpose of this license is to enable developers to create scratch orgs. Your Salesforce admin has to grant appropriate permissions to the Dev Hub objects (ScratchOrgInfo, ActiveScratchOrg, and NamespaceRegistry) to get you started. However, Salesforce objects such as Accounts, Contacts, and Opportunities are not accessible via this license.

To give full access to the Dev Hub org, create a permission set that contains these permissions.

  • Object Settings > Scratch Org Info > Read, Create, and Delete
  • Object Settings > Active Scratch Org > Read and Delete
  • Object Settings > Namespace Registry > Read (to use a linked namespace in a scratch org)

For more information, see Add Salesforce DX Users. Contact your Salesforce account representative to request the Free Limited Access License. Salesforce administrators can upgrade a Salesforce Limited Access - Free license to a standard Salesforce license at any time.