TiDB Cloud CLI Reference Beta

TiDB Cloud CLI is a command line interface, which allows you to operate TiDB Cloud from your terminal with a few lines of commands. In the TiDB Cloud CLI, you can easily manage your TiDB Cloud clusters, import data to your clusters, and perform more operations.

Before you begin

Make sure to first set up your TiDB Cloud CLI environment. Once you have installed the ticloud CLI, you can use it to manage your TiDB Cloud clusters from the command lines.

Commands available

The following table lists the commands available for the TiDB Cloud CLI.

To use the ticloud CLI in your terminal, run ticloud [command] [subcommand]. If you are using TiUP, use tiup cloud [command] [subcommand] instead.

Command modes

The TiDB Cloud CLI provides two modes for some commands for easy use:

• Interactive mode

  You can run a command without flags (such as ticloud config create), and the CLI prompts you for input.

• Non-interactive mode

  You must provide all arguments and flags that are required when running a command, such as ticloud config create --profile-name <profile-name> --public-key <public-key> --private-key <private-key>.

User profile

For the TiDB Cloud CLI, a user profile is a collection of properties associated with a user, including the profile name, public key, private key, and OAuth token. To use TiDB Cloud CLI, you must have a user profile.

Create a user profile with TiDB Cloud API key

Use ticloud config create to create a user profile.

Create a user profile with OAuth token

Use ticloud auth login to assign OAuth token to the current profile. If no profiles exist, a profile named default will be created automatically.

List all user profiles

Use ticloud config list to list all user profiles.

An example output is as follows:

Profile Name
default (active)
dev
staging

In this example output, the user profile default is currently active.

Describe a user profile

Use ticloud config describe to get the properties of a user profile.

An example output is as follows:

{
  "private-key": "xxxxxxx-xxx-xxxxx-xxx-xxxxx",
  "public-key": "Uxxxxxxx"
}

Set properties in a user profile

Use ticloud config set to set properties in a user profile.

Switch to another user profile

Use ticloud config use to switch to another user profile.

An example output is as follows:

Current profile has been changed to default

Edit the config file

Use ticloud config edit to open the configuration file for editing.

Delete a user profile

Use ticloud config delete to delete a user profile.

Global flags

The following table lists the global flags for the TiDB Cloud CLI.

Feedback

If you have any questions or suggestions on the TiDB Cloud CLI, feel free to create an issue. Also, we welcome any contributions.