CLI Reference
Introduction
This document serves as reference documentation for all available commands in the Atlas CLI.
Similar information can be obtained by running any atlas command with the -h
or --help
flags.
For a more detailed introduction to the CLI capabilities, head over to the Getting Started page.
Distributed Binaries
The binaries distributed in official releases are released under the Ariga End User License. If you would like to build Atlas from source follow the instructions here.
Building from Source
If you would like to build Atlas from source without the UI code run:
go get ariga.io/atlas/cmd/atlas
atlas env
Print atlas environment variables.
Usage
atlas env
Details
'atlas env' prints atlas environment information.
Every set environment param will be printed in the form of NAME=VALUE.
List of supported environment parameters:
- ATLAS_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER: On any command, the CLI will check for new releases using the GitHub API. This check will happen at most once every 24 hours. To cancel this behavior, set the environment variable "ATLAS_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER".
atlas license
Display license information
Usage
atlas license
atlas migrate
Manage versioned migration files
Usage
atlas migrate
Details
'atlas migrate' wraps several sub-commands for migration management.
Flags
--dir string select migration directory using URL format (default "file://migrations")
--dir-format string set migration file format (default "atlas")
--env string set which env from the project file to use
--force force a command to run on a broken migration directory state
--schema strings set schema names
--var stringToString input variables (default [])
atlas migrate apply
Applies pending migration files on the connected database.
Usage
atlas migrate apply [flags] [count]
Details
'atlas migrate apply' reads the migration state of the connected database and computes what migrations are pending. It then attempts to apply the pending migration files in the correct order onto the database. The first argument denotes the maximum number of migration files to apply. As a safety measure 'atlas migrate apply' will abort with an error, if:
- the migration directory is not in sync with the 'atlas.sum' file
- the migration and database history do not match each other
If run with the "--dry-run" flag, atlas will not execute any SQL.
Example
atlas migrate apply -u mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/dbname
atlas migrate apply --dir file:///path/to/migration/directory --url mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/dbname 1
atlas migrate apply --env dev 1
atlas migrate apply --dry-run --env dev 1
Flags
--allow-dirty allow start working on a non-clean database
--baseline string start the first migration after the given baseline version
--dry-run do not actually execute any SQL but show it on screen
--from string calculate pending files from the given version (including it)
--log string log format to use (default "tty")
--revisions-schema string schema name where the revisions table resides (default "atlas_schema_revisions")
-u, --url string [driver://username:password@address/dbname?param=value] select a database using the URL format
atlas migrate diff
Compute the diff between the migration directory and a desired state and create a new migration file.
Usage
atlas migrate diff [flags] [name]
Details
'atlas migrate diff' uses the dev-database to re-run all migration files in the migration directory, compares it to a given desired state and create a new migration file containing SQL statements to migrate the migration directory state to the desired schema. The desired state can be another connected database or an HCL file.
Example
atlas migrate diff --dev-url mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/dev --to file://atlas.hcl
atlas migrate diff --dev-url mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/dev --to file://atlas.hcl add_users_table
atlas migrate diff --dev-url mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/dev --to mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/dbname
atlas migrate diff --env dev
Flags
--dev-url string [driver://username:password@address/dbname?param=value] select a database using the URL format
--to strings [driver://username:password@address/dbname?param=value ...] select a desired state using the URL format
--verbose enable verbose logging
atlas migrate hash
Hash (re-)creates an integrity hash file for the migration directory.
Usage
atlas migrate hash
Details
'atlas migrate hash' computes the integrity hash sum of the migration directory and stores it in the atlas.sum file. This command should be used whenever a manual change in the migration directory was made.
Example
atlas migrate hash --force
atlas migrate lint
Run analysis on the migration directory
Usage
atlas migrate lint [flags]
Example
atlas migrate lint --env dev
atlas migrate lint --dir file:///path/to/migration/directory --dev-url mysql://root:pass@localhost:3306 --latest 1
atlas migrate lint --dir file:///path/to/migration/directory --dev-url mysql://root:pass@localhost:3306 --git-base master
atlas migrate lint --dir file:///path/to/migration/directory --dev-url mysql://root:pass@localhost:3306 --log '{{ json .Files }}'
Flags
--dev-url string [driver://username:password@address/dbname?param=value] select a database using the URL format
--git-base string run analysis against the base Git branch
--git-dir string path to the repository working directory (default ".")
--latest uint run analysis on the latest N migration files
--log string custom logging using a Go template
atlas migrate new
Creates a new empty migration file in the migration directory.
Usage
atlas migrate new [name]
Details
'atlas migrate new' creates a new migration according to the configured formatter without any statements in it.
Example
atlas migrate new my-new-migration
atlas migrate status
Get information about the current migration status.
Usage
atlas migrate status [flags]
Details
'atlas migrate status' reports information about the current status of a connected database compared to the migration directory.
Example
atlas migrate status --url mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/
atlas migrate status --url mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/ --dir file:///path/to/migration/directory
Flags
--revisions-schema string schema name where the revisions table resides (default "atlas_schema_revisions")
-u, --url string [driver://username:password@address/dbname?param=value] select a database using the URL format
atlas migrate validate
Validates the migration directories checksum and SQL statements.
Usage
atlas migrate validate [flags]
Details
'atlas migrate validate' computes the integrity hash sum of the migration directory and compares it to the atlas.sum file. If there is a mismatch it will be reported. If the --dev-url flag is given, the migration files are executed on the connected database in order to validate SQL semantics.
Example
atlas migrate validate
atlas migrate validate --dir file:///path/to/migration/directory
atlas migrate validate --dir file:///path/to/migration/directory --dev-url mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/dev
atlas migrate validate --env dev
Flags
--dev-url string [driver://username:password@address/dbname?param=value] select a database using the URL format
atlas schema
Work with atlas schemas.
Usage
atlas schema
Details
The atlas schema
command groups subcommands for working with Atlas schemas.
Flags
--env string set which env from the project file to use
--var stringToString input variables (default [])
atlas schema apply
Apply an atlas schema to a target database.
Usage
atlas schema apply [flags]
Details
'atlas schema apply' plans and executes a database migration to bring a given database to the state described in the provided Atlas schema. Before running the migration, Atlas will print the migration plan and prompt the user for approval.
The schema is provided by one or more paths (to a file or directory) using the "-f" flag: atlas schema apply -u URL -f file1.hcl -f file2.hcl atlas schema apply -u URL -f schema/ -f override.hcl
As a convenience, schemas may also be provided via an environment definition in the project file (see: https://atlasgo.io/cli/projects).
If run with the "--dry-run" flag, atlas will exit after printing out the planned migration.
Example
atlas schema apply -u "mysql://user:pass@localhost/dbname" -f atlas.hcl
atlas schema apply -u "mysql://localhost" -f schema.hcl --schema prod --schema staging
atlas schema apply -u "mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/dbname" -f schema.hcl --dry-run
atlas schema apply -u "mariadb://user:pass@localhost:3306/dbname" -f schema.hcl
atlas schema apply --url "postgres://user:pass@host:port/dbname?sslmode=disable" -f schema.hcl
atlas schema apply -u "sqlite://file:ex1.db?_fk=1" -f schema.hcl
Flags
-f, --file strings [paths...] file or directory containing the HCL files
-u, --url string URL to the database using the format:
[driver://username:password@address/dbname?param=value]
-s, --schema strings Set schema names.
--dev-url string URL for the dev database. Used to validate schemas and calculate diffs
before running migration.
--dry-run Dry-run. Print SQL plan without prompting for execution.
--auto-approve Auto approve. Apply the schema changes without prompting for approval.
--verbose enable verbose logging
atlas schema diff
Calculate and print the diff between two schemas.
Usage
atlas schema diff [flags]
Details
'atlas schema diff' connects to two given databases, inspects them, calculates the difference in their schemas, and prints a plan of SQL statements to migrate the "from" database to the schema of the "to" database.
Flags
--from string [driver://username:password@protocol(address)/dbname?param=value] select a database using the URL format
--to string [driver://username:password@protocol(address)/dbname?param=value] select a database using the URL format
atlas schema fmt
Formats Atlas HCL files
Usage
atlas schema fmt [path ...]
Details
'atlas schema fmt' formats all ".hcl" files under the given path using canonical HCL layout style as defined by the github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hclwrite package. Unless stated otherwise, the fmt command will use the current directory.
After running, the command will print the names of the files it has formatted. If all files in the directory are formatted, no input will be printed out.
atlas schema inspect
Inspect a database and print its schema in Atlas DDL syntax.
Usage
atlas schema inspect [flags]
Details
'atlas schema inspect' connects to the given database and inspects its schema. It then prints to the screen the schema of that database in Atlas DDL syntax. This output can be saved to a file, commonly by redirecting the output to a file named with a ".hcl" suffix:
atlas schema inspect -u "mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/dbname" > schema.hcl
This file can then be edited and used with the atlas schema apply
command to plan
and execute schema migrations against the given database. In cases where users wish to inspect
all multiple schemas in a given database (for instance a MySQL server may contain multiple named
databases), omit the relevant part from the url, e.g. "mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/".
To select specific schemas from the databases, users may use the "--schema" (or "-s" shorthand)
flag.
Example
atlas schema inspect -u "mysql://user:pass@localhost:3306/dbname"
atlas schema inspect -u "mariadb://user:pass@localhost:3306/" --schema=schemaA,schemaB -s schemaC
atlas schema inspect --url "postgres://user:pass@host:port/dbname?sslmode=disable"
atlas schema inspect -u "sqlite://file:ex1.db?_fk=1"
Flags
--exclude strings List of glob patterns used to filter resources from inspection
-s, --schema strings Set schema name
-u, --url string [driver://username:password@protocol(address)/dbname?param=value] select a database using the URL format
atlas version
Prints this Atlas CLI version information.
Usage
atlas version
atlas serve
Run Atlas web UI in a standalone mode
Usage
atlas serve [flags]
Details
'atlas serve' runs the Atlas web UI in a standalone mode with optional persistent storage. If you do not specify the storage, it will be stored in-memory. Atlas encrypts sensitive data such as passwords using the generated keyset.json.
Flags
--addr string listen address for atlas serve (default ":5800")
--storage string data store url using the dsn format:
[driver://username:password@protocol(address)/dbname?param=value] (default "in-memory")
-h, --help help for serve