abctl

README

abctl

Airbyte's command line tool for local Airbyte deployments.

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• Quickstart
• Commands
• Contributing

Quickstart

[!TIP] Additional documentation can be found in the Airbyte Documentation.

[!IMPORTANT] Credentials are randomly generated as part of the installation process.

After installation is complete, to find your credentials run abctl local credentials.

1. Install Docker

   • Linux
   • Mac
   • Windows

2. Install abctl

   • Via brew

     brew tap airbytehq/tap
     brew install abctl
     

   • Via go install

     go install github.com/airbytehq/abctl@latest
     

   • Via Github

3. Install Airbyte

   abctl local install
   abctl local credentials
   

[!NOTE] Depending on internet speed, abctl local install could take in excess of 15 minutes.

By default abctl local install will only allow Airbyte to accessible on the host localhost and port 8000.

If Airbyte will be accessed outside of localhost, --host [hostname] can be specified.
If port 8000 is not available. or another port is preferred, --port [PORT] can be specified.

1. Login to Airbyte

   If abctl local install completed successfully, it should open a browser to http://localhost:8000 (or to the --host and --port overrides if specified). If this is the first time Airbyte has been installed you will be asked to provide an email and organization name. To retrieve your password to login, run abctl local credentials.

Commands

All commands and sub-commands support the following optional global flags:

short	long	description
-h	--help	Displays the help information, description the available options.
-v	--verbose	Enables verbose (debug) output. Useful when debugging unexpected behavior.

All commands support the following environment variables:

name	description
DO_NOT_TRACK	Set to any value to disable telemetry tracking.

The following commands are supported:

• local
• version

local

abctl local --help

The local sub-commands are focused on managing the local Airbyte installation. The following sub-commands are supports:

• credentials
• install
• status
• uninstall

credentials

abctl local credentials

Displays the credentials required to login to the local Airbyte installation.

[!NOTE] When abctl local install is first executed, random password, client-id, and client-secret are generated.

Returns ths password, client-id, and client-secret credentials. The password is required to login to Airbyte. The client-id and client-secret are necessary to create an Access Token for interacting with the Airbyte API.

For example:

$ abctl local credentials
{
  "password": "[RANDOM PASSWORD]",
  "client-id": "[RANDOM CLIENT-ID]",
  "client-secret": "[RANDOM CLIENT-SECRET]"
}

install

abctl local install

Installs a local Airbyte instance or updates an existing installation which was initially installed by abctl.

[!NOTE] Depending on your internet speed, abctl local install may take in excess of 20 minutes.

install supports the following optional flags:

[!NOTE] An - in the default column indicates no value can be provided.

These flags behave as a switch, enabled if provided, disabled if not.

name	default	description
--chart-version	latest	Which Airbyte helm-chart version to install.
--docker-email	""	Docker email address to authenticate against --docker-server. Can also be specified by the environment-variable ABCTL_LOCAL_INSTALL_DOCKER_EMAIL.
--docker-password	""	Docker password to authenticate against --docker-server. Can also be specified by the environment-variable ABCTL_LOCAL_INSTALL_DOCKER_PASSWORD.
--docker-server	""	Docker server to authenticate against. Can also be specified by the environment-variable ABCTL_LOCAL_INSTALL_DOCKER_SERVER.
--docker-username	""	Docker username to authenticate against --docker-server. Can also be specified by the environment-variable ABCTL_LOCAL_INSTALL_DOCKER_USERNAME.
--host	localhost	FQDN where the Airbyte installation will be accessed. Set this if the Airbyte installation will be accessed outside of localhost.
--migrate	-	Enables data-migration from an existing docker-compose backed Airbyte installation. Copies, leaving the original data unmodified, the data from a docker-compose backed Airbyte installation into this abctl managed Airbyte installation.
--no-browser	-	Disables launching the browser when installation completes. Useful to set in situations where no browser is available.
--port	8000	Port where the Airbyte installation will be accessed. Set this if port 8000 is already in use or if a different port is preferred.
--secret	""	Can be set multiple times. Creates a kubernetes secret based on the contents of the file provided. Useful when used in conjunction with --values for customizing installation.
--values	""	Helm values file to further customize the Airbyte installation.
--volume	""	Can be set multiple times. Mounts additional volumes in the kubernetes cluster. Must be in the format of <HOST_PATH>:<GUEST_PATH>.
--low-resource-mode	false	Run Airbyte in low resource mode.
--insecure-cookies	-	Disables secure cookie requirements. Only set if using --host with an insecure (non https) connection.

status

abctl local status

If an Airbyte installation exists, returns information regarding that installation.

For example:

$ abctl local status
Existing cluster 'airbyte-abctl' found
Found helm chart 'airbyte-abctl'
  Status: deployed
  Chart Version: 0.422.2
  App Version: 0.63.15
Found helm chart 'ingress-nginx'
  Status: deployed
  Chart Version: 4.11.1
  App Version: 1.11.1
Airbyte should be accessible via http://localhost:8000

uninstall

abctl local uninstall

Uninstalls a local Airbyte instance.

[!NOTE] The data associated with the installed Airbyte instance will not be removed.

This is done to allow Airbyte to be reinstalled at a later date with all the data preserved.

uninstall supports the following optional flags:

[!NOTE] An - in the default column indicates no value can be provided.

These flags behave as a switch, enabled if provided, disabled if not.

name	default	description
--persisted	-	Will remove all data for the Airbyte installation. This cannot be undone.

version

abctl version

Displays version information about the abctl tool.

For example:

$ abctl version
version: v0.12.0

Contributing

If you have found a problem with abctl, please open a Github Issue and use the 🐛 [abctl] Report an issue with the abctl tool template.