lakectl (lakeFS command-line tool)
Installing lakectl locally
lakectl is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. You can also run it using Docker.
Or using Homebrew for Linux/macOS:
brew tap treeverse/lakefs
brew install lakefs
Configuring credentials and API endpoint
Once you’ve installed the lakectl command, run:
lakectl config
# output:
# Config file /home/janedoe/.lakectl.yaml will be used
# Access key ID: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
# Secret access key: ****************************************
# Server endpoint URL: http://localhost:8000
This will setup a $HOME/.lakectl.yaml file with the credentials and API endpoint you’ve supplied.
When setting up a new installation and creating initial credentials (see Quickstart), the UI
will provide a link to download a preconfigured configuration file for you.
lakectl configuration items can each be controlled by an environment variable. The variable name will have a prefix of
LAKECTL_, followed by the name of the configuration, replacing every ‘.’ with a ‘_’. Example: LAKECTL_SERVER_ENDPOINT_URL
controls server.endpoint_url.
Running lakectl from Docker
If you’d rather run lakectl from a Docker container you can do so by passing configuration elements as environment variables.
Here is an example:
docker run --rm --pull always \
-e LAKECTL_CREDENTIALS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE \
-e LAKECTL_CREDENTIALS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=xxxxx
-e LAKECTL_SERVER_ENDPOINT_URL=https://host.us-east-2.lakefscloud.io/ \
--entrypoint lakectl treeverse/lakefs \
repo list
Bear in mind that if you are running lakeFS itself locally you will need to account for this in your networking configuration of
the Docker container. That is to say, localhost to a Docker container is itself, not the host machine on which it is running.
Command Reference
lakectl
A cli tool to explore manage and work with lakeFS
Synopsis
lakectl is a CLI tool allowing exploration and manipulation of a lakeFS environment
lakectl [flags]
Options
--base-uri string base URI used for lakeFS address parse
-c, --config string config file (default is $HOME/.lakectl.yaml)
-h, --help help for lakectl
--log-format string set logging output format
--log-level string set logging level (default "none")
--log-output strings set logging output(s)
--no-color don't use fancy output colors (default value can be set by NO_COLOR environment variable)
--verbose run in verbose mode
-v, --version version for lakectl
note: The base-uri option can be controlled with the LAKECTL_BASE_URI environment variable.
Example usage
$ export LAKECTL_BASE_URI="lakefs://my-repo/my-branch"
# Once set, use relative lakefs uri's:
$ lakectl fs ls /path
lakectl actions
Manage Actions commands
Options
-h, --help help for actions
lakectl actions help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type actions help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl actions help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl actions runs
Explore runs information
Options
-h, --help help for runs
lakectl actions runs describe
Describe run results
Synopsis
Show information about the run and all the hooks that were executed as part of the run
lakectl actions runs describe <repository URI> <run_id> [flags]
Examples
lakectl actions runs describe lakefs://my-repo 20230719152411arS0z6I
Options
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
--amount int number of results to return. By default, all results are returned.
-h, --help help for describe
lakectl actions runs help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type runs help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl actions runs help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl actions runs list
List runs
Synopsis
List all runs on a repository optional filter by branch or commit
lakectl actions runs list <repository URI> [--branch <branch>] [--commit <commit_id>] [flags]
Examples
lakectl actions runs list lakefs://my-repo --branch my-branch --commit 600dc0ffee
Options
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
--amount int number of results to return (default 100)
--branch string show results for specific branch
--commit string show results for specific commit ID
-h, --help help for list
lakectl actions validate
Validate action file
Synopsis
Tries to parse the input action file as lakeFS action file
lakectl actions validate [flags]
Examples
lakectl actions validate path/to/my/file
Options
-h, --help help for validate
lakectl annotate
List entries under a given path, annotating each with the latest modifying commit
lakectl annotate <path URI> [flags]
Options
--first-parent follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge commit
-h, --help help for annotate
-r, --recursive recursively annotate all entries under a given path or prefix
lakectl auth
Manage authentication and authorization
Synopsis
Manage authentication and authorization including users, groups and ACLs This functionality is supported with an external auth service only.
Options
-h, --help help for auth
lakectl auth groups
Manage groups
Options
-h, --help help for groups
lakectl auth groups acl
Manage ACLs
Synopsis
manage ACLs of groups
Options
-h, --help help for acl
lakectl auth groups acl get
Get ACL of group
lakectl auth groups acl get [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for get
--id string Group identifier
lakectl auth groups acl help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type acl help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl auth groups acl help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl auth groups acl set
Set ACL of group
Synopsis
Set ACL of group. permission will be attached to all repositories.
lakectl auth groups acl set [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for set
--id string Group identifier
--permission string Permission, typically one of "Read", "Write", "Super" or "Admin"
lakectl auth groups create
Create a group
lakectl auth groups create [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for create
--id string Group identifier
lakectl auth groups delete
Delete a group
lakectl auth groups delete [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for delete
--id string Group identifier
lakectl auth groups help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type groups help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl auth groups help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl auth groups list
List groups
lakectl auth groups list [flags]
Options
--amount int how many results to return (default 100)
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
-h, --help help for list
lakectl auth groups members
Manage group user memberships
Options
-h, --help help for members
lakectl auth groups members add
Add a user to a group
lakectl auth groups members add [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for add
--id string Group identifier
--user string Username (email for password-based users, default: current user)
lakectl auth groups members help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type members help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl auth groups members help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl auth groups members list
List users in a group
lakectl auth groups members list [flags]
Options
--id string Group identifier
--amount int how many results to return (default 100)
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
-h, --help help for list
lakectl auth groups members remove
Remove a user from a group
lakectl auth groups members remove [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for remove
--id string Group identifier
--user string Username (email for password-based users, default: current user)
lakectl auth groups policies
Manage group policies
Synopsis
Manage group policies. Requires an external authorization server with matching support.
Options
-h, --help help for policies
lakectl auth groups policies attach
Attach a policy to a group
lakectl auth groups policies attach [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for attach
--id string User identifier
--policy string Policy identifier
lakectl auth groups policies detach
Detach a policy from a group
lakectl auth groups policies detach [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for detach
--id string User identifier
--policy string Policy identifier
lakectl auth groups policies help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type policies help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl auth groups policies help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl auth groups policies list
List policies for the given group
lakectl auth groups policies list [flags]
Options
--id string Group identifier
--amount int how many results to return (default 100)
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
-h, --help help for list
lakectl auth help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type auth help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl auth help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl auth policies
Manage policies
Options
-h, --help help for policies
lakectl auth policies create
Create a policy
lakectl auth policies create [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for create
--id string Policy identifier
--statement-document string JSON statement document path (or "-" for stdin)
lakectl auth policies delete
Delete a policy
lakectl auth policies delete [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for delete
--id string Policy identifier
lakectl auth policies help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type policies help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl auth policies help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl auth policies list
List policies
lakectl auth policies list [flags]
Options
--amount int how many results to return (default 100)
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
-h, --help help for list
lakectl auth policies show
Show a policy
lakectl auth policies show [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for show
--id string Policy identifier
lakectl auth users
Manage users
Options
-h, --help help for users
lakectl auth users create
Create a user
lakectl auth users create [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for create
--id string Username
lakectl auth users credentials
Manage user credentials
Options
-h, --help help for credentials
lakectl auth users credentials create
Create user credentials
lakectl auth users credentials create [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for create
--id string Username (email for password-based users, default: current user)
lakectl auth users credentials delete
Delete user credentials
lakectl auth users credentials delete [flags]
Options
--access-key-id string Access key ID to delete
-h, --help help for delete
--id string Username (email for password-based users, default: current user)
lakectl auth users credentials help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type credentials help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl auth users credentials help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl auth users credentials list
List user credentials
lakectl auth users credentials list [flags]
Options
--id string Username (email for password-based users, default: current user)
--amount int how many results to return (default 100)
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
-h, --help help for list
lakectl auth users delete
Delete a user
lakectl auth users delete [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for delete
--id string Username (email for password-based users)
lakectl auth users groups
Manage user groups
Options
-h, --help help for groups
lakectl auth users groups help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type groups help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl auth users groups help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl auth users groups list
List groups for the given user
lakectl auth users groups list [flags]
Options
--id string Username (email for password-based users)
--amount int how many results to return (default 100)
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
-h, --help help for list
lakectl auth users help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type users help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl auth users help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl auth users list
List users
lakectl auth users list [flags]
Options
--amount int how many results to return (default 100)
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
-h, --help help for list
lakectl auth users policies
Manage user policies
Synopsis
Manage user policies. Requires an external authorization server with matching support.
Options
-h, --help help for policies
lakectl auth users policies attach
Attach a policy to a user
lakectl auth users policies attach [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for attach
--id string Username (email for password-based users)
--policy string Policy identifier
lakectl auth users policies detach
Detach a policy from a user
lakectl auth users policies detach [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for detach
--id string Username (email for password-based users)
--policy string Policy identifier
lakectl auth users policies help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type policies help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl auth users policies help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl auth users policies list
List policies for the given user
lakectl auth users policies list [flags]
Options
--effective List all distinct policies attached to the user, including by group memberships
--id string Username (email for password-based users)
--amount int how many results to return (default 100)
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
-h, --help help for list
lakectl branch
Create and manage branches within a repository
Synopsis
Create delete and list branches within a lakeFS repository
Options
-h, --help help for branch
lakectl branch create
Create a new branch in a repository
lakectl branch create <branch URI> -s <source ref URI> [flags]
Examples
lakectl branch create lakefs://example-repo/new-branch -s lakefs://example-repo/main
Options
-h, --help help for create
-s, --source string source branch uri
lakectl branch delete
Delete a branch in a repository, along with its uncommitted changes (CAREFUL)
lakectl branch delete <branch URI> [flags]
Examples
lakectl branch delete lakefs://my-repo/my-branch
Options
-h, --help help for delete
-y, --yes Automatically say yes to all confirmations
lakectl branch help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type branch help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl branch help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl branch list
List branches in a repository
lakectl branch list <repository URI> [flags]
Examples
lakectl branch list lakefs://my-repo
Options
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
--amount int number of results to return (default 100)
-h, --help help for list
lakectl branch reset
Reset uncommitted changes - all of them, or by path
Synopsis
reset changes. There are four different ways to reset changes:
- reset all uncommitted changes - reset lakefs://myrepo/main
- reset uncommitted changes under specific path - reset lakefs://myrepo/main –prefix path
- reset uncommitted changes for specific object - reset lakefs://myrepo/main –object path
lakectl branch reset <branch URI> [--prefix|--object] [flags]
Examples
lakectl branch reset lakefs://my-repo/my-branch
Options
-h, --help help for reset
--object string path to object to be reset
--prefix string prefix of the objects to be reset
-y, --yes Automatically say yes to all confirmations
lakectl branch revert
Given a commit, record a new commit to reverse the effect of this commit
Synopsis
The commits will be reverted in left-to-right order
lakectl branch revert <branch URI> <commit ref to revert> [<more commits>...] [flags]
Examples
lakectl branch revert lakefs://example-repo/example-branch commitA
Revert the changes done by commitA in example-branch
branch revert lakefs://example-repo/example-branch HEAD~1 HEAD~2 HEAD~3
Revert the changes done by the second last commit to the fourth last commit in example-branch
Options
--allow-empty-commit allow empty commit (revert without changes)
-h, --help help for revert
-m, --parent-number int the parent number (starting from 1) of the mainline. The revert will reverse the change relative to the specified parent.
-y, --yes Automatically say yes to all confirmations
lakectl branch show
Show branch latest commit reference
lakectl branch show <branch URI> [flags]
Examples
lakectl branch show lakefs://my-repo/my-branch
Options
-h, --help help for show
lakectl branch-protect
Create and manage branch protection rules
Synopsis
Define branch protection rules to prevent direct changes. Changes to protected branches can only be done by merging from other branches.
Options
-h, --help help for branch-protect
lakectl branch-protect add
Add a branch protection rule
Synopsis
Add a branch protection rule for a given branch name pattern
lakectl branch-protect add <repository URI> <pattern> [flags]
Examples
lakectl branch-protect add lakefs://my-repo 'stable_*'
Options
-h, --help help for add
lakectl branch-protect delete
Delete a branch protection rule
Synopsis
Delete a branch protection rule for a given branch name pattern
lakectl branch-protect delete <repository URI> <pattern> [flags]
Examples
lakectl branch-protect delete lakefs://my-repo stable_*
Options
-h, --help help for delete
lakectl branch-protect help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type branch-protect help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl branch-protect help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl branch-protect list
List all branch protection rules
lakectl branch-protect list <repository URI> [flags]
Examples
lakectl branch-protect list lakefs://my-repo
Options
-h, --help help for list
lakectl cherry-pick
Apply the changes introduced by an existing commit
Synopsis
Apply the changes from the given commit to the tip of the branch. The changes will be added as a new commit.
lakectl cherry-pick <commit URI> <branch> [flags]
Examples
lakectl cherry-pick lakefs://my-repo/600dc0ffee lakefs://my-repo/my-branch
Options
-h, --help help for cherry-pick
-m, --parent-number int the parent number (starting from 1) of the cherry-picked commit. The cherry-pick will apply the change relative to the specified parent.
lakectl commit
Commit changes on a given branch
lakectl commit <branch URI> [flags]
Options
--allow-empty-commit allow a commit with no changes
--allow-empty-message allow an empty commit message
-h, --help help for commit
-m, --message string commit message
--meta strings key value pair in the form of key=value
lakectl completion
Generate completion script
Synopsis
To load completions:
Bash:
$ source <(lakectl completion bash)
To load completions for each session, execute once: Linux:
$ lakectl completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/lakectl
MacOS:
$ lakectl completion bash > /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/lakectl
Zsh:
If shell completion is not already enabled in your environment you will need to enable it. You can execute the following once:
$ echo "autoload -U compinit; compinit" >> ~/.zshrc
To load completions for each session, execute once:
$ lakectl completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_lakectl"
You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect.
Fish:
$ lakectl completion fish | source
To load completions for each session, execute once:
$ lakectl completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/lakectl.fish
lakectl completion <bash|zsh|fish>
Options
-h, --help help for completion
lakectl config
Create/update local lakeFS configuration
lakectl config [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for config
lakectl diff
Show changes between two commits, or the currently uncommitted changes
lakectl diff <ref URI> [ref URI] [flags]
Examples
lakectl diff lakefs://example-repo/example-branch
Show uncommitted changes in example-branch.
lakectl diff lakefs://example-repo/main lakefs://example-repo/dev
This shows the differences between master and dev starting at the last common commit.
This is similar to the three-dot (...) syntax in git.
Uncommitted changes are not shown.
lakectl diff --two-way lakefs://example-repo/main lakefs://example-repo/dev
Show changes between the tips of the main and dev branches.
This is similar to the two-dot (..) syntax in git.
Uncommitted changes are not shown.
lakectl diff --two-way lakefs://example-repo/main lakefs://example-repo/dev$
Show changes between the tip of the main and the dev branch, including uncommitted changes on dev.
lakectl diff --prefix some/path lakefs://example-repo/main lakefs://example-repo/dev
Show changes of objects prefixed with 'some/path' between the tips of the main and dev branches.
Options
-h, --help help for diff
--prefix string Show only changes in the given prefix.
--two-way Use two-way diff: show difference between the given refs, regardless of a common ancestor.
lakectl doctor
Run a basic diagnosis of the LakeFS configuration
lakectl doctor [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for doctor
lakectl fs
View and manipulate objects
Options
-h, --help help for fs
lakectl fs cat
Dump content of object to stdout
lakectl fs cat <path URI> [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for cat
--pre-sign Use pre-signed URLs when downloading/uploading data (recommended) (default true)
lakectl fs download
Download object(s) from a given repository path
lakectl fs download <path URI> [<destination path>] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for download
--no-progress Disable progress bar animation for IO operations
-p, --parallelism int Max concurrent operations to perform (default 25)
--part-size int part size in bytes for multipart download (default 8388608)
--pre-sign Use pre-signed URLs when downloading/uploading data (recommended) (default true)
-r, --recursive recursively download all objects under path
lakectl fs help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type fs help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl fs help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl fs ls
List entries under a given tree
lakectl fs ls <path URI> [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for ls
-r, --recursive list all objects under the specified path
lakectl fs presign
return a pre-signed URL for reading the specified object
lakectl fs presign <path URI> [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for presign
lakectl fs rm
Delete object
lakectl fs rm <path URI> [flags]
Options
-C, --concurrency int max concurrent single delete operations to send to the lakeFS server (default 50)
-h, --help help for rm
-r, --recursive recursively delete all objects under the specified path
lakectl fs stat
View object metadata
lakectl fs stat <path URI> [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for stat
--pre-sign Use pre-signed URLs when downloading/uploading data (recommended) (default true)
lakectl fs upload
Upload a local file to the specified URI
lakectl fs upload <path URI> [flags]
Options
--content-type string MIME type of contents
-h, --help help for upload
--no-progress Disable progress bar animation for IO operations
-p, --parallelism int Max concurrent operations to perform (default 25)
--pre-sign Use pre-signed URLs when downloading/uploading data (recommended) (default true)
-r, --recursive recursively copy all files under local source
-s, --source string local file to upload, or "-" for stdin
lakectl fs stage
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
Link an external object with a path in a repository
Synopsis
Link an external object with a path in a repository, creating an uncommitted change. The object location must be outside the repository’s storage namespace
lakectl fs stage <path URI> [flags]
Options
--checksum string Object MD5 checksum as a hexadecimal string
--content-type string MIME type of contents
-h, --help help for stage
--location string fully qualified storage location (i.e. "s3://bucket/path/to/object")
--meta strings key value pairs in the form of key=value
--mtime int Object modified time (Unix Epoch in seconds). Defaults to current time
--size int Object size in bytes
lakectl fs update-metadata
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
Update user metadata on the specified URI
lakectl fs update-metadata <path URI> [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for update-metadata
--metadata strings Metadata to set, in the form key1=value1,key2=value2
lakectl gc
Manage the garbage collection policy
Options
-h, --help help for gc
lakectl gc delete-config
Deletes the garbage collection policy for the repository
lakectl gc delete-config <repository URI> [flags]
Examples
lakectl gc delete-config lakefs://my-repo
Options
-h, --help help for delete-config
lakectl gc get-config
Show the garbage collection policy for this repository
lakectl gc get-config <repository URI> [flags]
Examples
lakectl gc get-config lakefs://my-repo
Options
-h, --help help for get-config
-p, --json get rules as JSON
lakectl gc help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type gc help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl gc help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl gc set-config
Set garbage collection policy JSON
Synopsis
Sets the garbage collection policy JSON. Example configuration file: { “default_retention_days”: 21, “branches”: [ { “branch_id”: “main”, “retention_days”: 28 }, { “branch_id”: “dev”, “retention_days”: 14 } ] }
lakectl gc set-config <repository URI> [flags]
Examples
lakectl gc set-config lakefs://my-repo -f config.json
Options
-f, --filename string file containing the GC policy as JSON
-h, --help help for set-config
lakectl help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type lakectl help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl import
Import data from external source to a destination branch
lakectl import --from <object store URI> --to <lakeFS path URI> [flags]
Options
--allow-empty-message allow an empty commit message (default true)
--from string prefix to read from (e.g. "s3://bucket/sub/path/"). must not be in a storage namespace
-h, --help help for import
-m, --message string commit message
--meta strings key value pair in the form of key=value
--no-progress switch off the progress output
--to string lakeFS path to load objects into (e.g. "lakefs://repo/branch/sub/path/")
lakectl ingest
Ingest objects from an external source into a lakeFS branch (without actually copying them)
lakectl ingest --from <object store URI> --to <lakeFS path URI> [--dry-run] [flags]
Options
-C, --concurrency int max concurrent API calls to make to the lakeFS server (default 64)
--dry-run only print the paths to be ingested
--from string prefix to read from (e.g. "s3://bucket/sub/path/"). must not be in a storage namespace
-h, --help help for ingest
--s3-endpoint-url string URL to access S3 storage API (by default, use regular AWS S3 endpoint
--to string lakeFS path to load objects into (e.g. "lakefs://repo/branch/sub/path/")
-v, --verbose print stats for each individual object staged
lakectl local
Sync local directories with lakeFS paths
Options
-h, --help help for local
lakectl local checkout
Sync local directory with the remote state.
lakectl local checkout [directory] [flags]
Options
--all Checkout given source branch or reference for all linked directories
-h, --help help for checkout
--no-progress Disable progress bar animation for IO operations
-p, --parallelism int Max concurrent operations to perform (default 25)
--pre-sign Use pre-signed URLs when downloading/uploading data (recommended) (default true)
-r, --ref string Checkout the given reference
-y, --yes Automatically say yes to all confirmations
lakectl local clone
Clone a path from a lakeFS repository into a new directory.
lakectl local clone <path URI> [directory] [flags]
Options
--gitignore Update .gitignore file when working in a git repository context (default true)
-h, --help help for clone
--no-progress Disable progress bar animation for IO operations
-p, --parallelism int Max concurrent operations to perform (default 25)
--pre-sign Use pre-signed URLs when downloading/uploading data (recommended) (default true)
lakectl local commit
Commit changes from local directory to the lakeFS branch it tracks.
lakectl local commit [directory] [flags]
Options
--allow-empty-message allow an empty commit message
--force Commit changes even if remote branch includes uncommitted changes external to the synced path
-h, --help help for commit
-m, --message string commit message
--meta strings key value pair in the form of key=value
--no-progress Disable progress bar animation for IO operations
-p, --parallelism int Max concurrent operations to perform (default 25)
--pre-sign Use pre-signed URLs when downloading/uploading data (recommended) (default true)
lakectl local help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type local help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl local help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl local init
set a local directory to sync with a lakeFS path.
lakectl local init <path URI> [directory] [flags]
Options
--force Overwrites if directory already linked to a lakeFS path
--gitignore Update .gitignore file when working in a git repository context (default true)
-h, --help help for init
lakectl local list
find and list directories that are synced with lakeFS.
lakectl local list [directory] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for list
lakectl local pull
Fetch latest changes from lakeFS.
lakectl local pull [directory] [flags]
Options
--force Reset any uncommitted local change
-h, --help help for pull
--no-progress Disable progress bar animation for IO operations
-p, --parallelism int Max concurrent operations to perform (default 25)
--pre-sign Use pre-signed URLs when downloading/uploading data (recommended) (default true)
lakectl local status
show modifications (both remote and local) to the directory and the remote location it tracks
lakectl local status [directory] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for status
-l, --local Don't compare against remote changes
lakectl log
Show log of commits
Synopsis
Show log of commits for a given branch
lakectl log <branch URI> [flags]
Examples
lakectl log --dot lakefs://example-repository/main | dot -Tsvg > graph.svg
Options
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
--amount int number of results to return. By default, all results are returned
--dot return results in a dotgraph format
--first-parent follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge commit
-h, --help help for log
--limit limit result just to amount. By default, returns whether more items are available.
--no-merges skip merge commits
--objects strings show results that contains changes to at least one path in that list of objects. Use comma separator to pass all objects together
--prefixes strings show results that contains changes to at least one path in that list of prefixes. Use comma separator to pass all prefixes together
--show-meta-range-id also show meta range ID
--since string show results since this date-time (RFC3339 format)
--stop-at string a Ref to stop at (included in results)
lakectl merge
Merge & commit changes from source branch into destination branch
Synopsis
Merge & commit changes from source branch into destination branch
lakectl merge <source ref> <destination ref> [flags]
Options
--allow-empty Allow merge when the branches have the same content
--allow-empty-message allow an empty commit message (default true)
--force Allow merge into a read-only branch or into a branch with the same content
-h, --help help for merge
-m, --message string commit message
--meta strings key value pair in the form of key=value
--strategy string In case of a merge conflict, this option will force the merge process to automatically favor changes from the dest branch ("dest-wins") or from the source branch("source-wins"). In case no selection is made, the merge process will fail in case of a conflict
lakectl metastore
Manage metastore commands
Options
-h, --help help for metastore
lakectl metastore copy
Copy or merge table
Synopsis
Copy or merge table. the destination table will point to the selected branch
lakectl metastore copy [flags]
Options
--catalog-id string Glue catalog ID
--dbfs-root dbfs:/ dbfs location root will replace dbfs:/ in the location before transforming
--from-client-type string metastore type [hive, glue]
--from-schema string source schema name
--from-table string source table name
-h, --help help for copy
--metastore-uri string Hive metastore URI
-p, --partition strings partition to copy
--serde string serde to set copy to [default is to-table]
--to-branch string lakeFS branch name
--to-client-type string metastore type [hive, glue]
--to-schema string destination schema name [default is from-branch]
--to-table string destination table name [default is from-table]
lakectl metastore copy-all
Copy from one metastore to another
Synopsis
copy or merge requested tables between hive metastores. the destination tables will point to the selected branch
lakectl metastore copy-all [flags]
Options
--branch string lakeFS branch name
--continue-on-error prevent copy-all from failing when a single table fails
--dbfs-root dbfs:/ dbfs location root will replace dbfs:/ in the location before transforming
--from-address string source metastore address
--from-client-type string metastore type [hive, glue]
-h, --help help for copy-all
--schema-filter string filter for schemas to copy in metastore pattern (default ".*")
--table-filter string filter for tables to copy in metastore pattern (default ".*")
--to-address string destination metastore address
--to-client-type string metastore type [hive, glue]
lakectl metastore copy-schema
Copy schema
Synopsis
Copy schema (without tables). the destination schema will point to the selected branch
lakectl metastore copy-schema [flags]
Options
--catalog-id string Glue catalog ID
--dbfs-root dbfs:/ dbfs location root will replace dbfs:/ in the location before transforming
--from-client-type string metastore type [hive, glue]
--from-schema string source schema name
-h, --help help for copy-schema
--metastore-uri string Hive metastore URI
--to-branch string lakeFS branch name
--to-client-type string metastore type [hive, glue]
--to-schema string destination schema name [default is from-branch]
lakectl metastore create-symlink
Create symlink table and data
Synopsis
create table with symlinks, and create the symlinks in s3 in order to access from external services that could only access s3 directly (e.g athena)
lakectl metastore create-symlink [flags]
Options
--branch string lakeFS branch name
--catalog-id string Glue catalog ID
--from-client-type string metastore type [hive, glue]
--from-schema string source schema name
--from-table string source table name
-h, --help help for create-symlink
--path string path to table on lakeFS
--repo string lakeFS repository name
--to-schema string destination schema name
--to-table string destination table name
lakectl metastore diff
Show column and partition differences between two tables
lakectl metastore diff [flags]
Options
--catalog-id string Glue catalog ID
--from-address string source metastore address
--from-client-type string metastore type [hive, glue]
--from-schema string source schema name
--from-table string source table name
-h, --help help for diff
--metastore-uri string Hive metastore URI
--to-address string destination metastore address
--to-client-type string metastore type [hive, glue]
--to-schema string destination schema name
--to-table string destination table name [default is from-table]
lakectl metastore help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type metastore help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl metastore help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl metastore import-all
Import from one metastore to another
Synopsis
import requested tables between hive metastores. the destination tables will point to the selected repository and branch table with location s3://my-s3-bucket/path/to/table will be transformed to location s3://repo-param/bucket-param/path/to/table
lakectl metastore import-all [flags]
Options
--branch string lakeFS branch name
--continue-on-error prevent import-all from failing when a single table fails
--dbfs-root dbfs:/ dbfs location root will replace dbfs:/ in the location before transforming
--from-address string source metastore address
--from-client-type string metastore type [hive, glue]
-h, --help help for import-all
--repo string lakeFS repo name
--schema-filter string filter for schemas to copy in metastore pattern (default ".*")
--table-filter string filter for tables to copy in metastore pattern (default ".*")
--to-address string destination metastore address
--to-client-type string metastore type [hive, glue]
lakectl repo
Manage and explore repos
Options
-h, --help help for repo
lakectl repo create
Create a new repository
lakectl repo create <repository URI> <storage namespace> [flags]
Examples
lakectl repo create lakefs://my-repo s3://my-bucket
Options
-d, --default-branch string the default branch of this repository (default "main")
-h, --help help for create
lakectl repo delete
Delete existing repository
lakectl repo delete <repository URI> [flags]
Examples
lakectl repo delete lakefs://my-repo
Options
-h, --help help for delete
-y, --yes Automatically say yes to all confirmations
lakectl repo help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type repo help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl repo help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl repo list
List repositories
lakectl repo list [flags]
Options
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
--amount int number of results to return (default 100)
-h, --help help for list
lakectl repo create-bare
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
Create a new repository with no initial branch or commit
lakectl repo create-bare <repository URI> <storage namespace> [flags]
Examples
lakectl create-bare lakefs://my-repo s3://my-bucket
Options
-d, --default-branch string the default branch name of this repository (will not be created) (default "main")
-h, --help help for create-bare
lakectl show
See detailed information about an entity
Options
-h, --help help for show
lakectl show commit
See detailed information about a commit
lakectl show commit <commit URI> [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for commit
--show-meta-range-id show meta range ID
lakectl show help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type show help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl show help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl tag
Create and manage tags within a repository
Synopsis
Create delete and list tags within a lakeFS repository
Options
-h, --help help for tag
lakectl tag create
Create a new tag in a repository
lakectl tag create <tag URI> <commit URI> [flags]
Examples
lakectl tag create lakefs://example-repo/example-tag lakefs://example-repo/2397cc9a9d04c20a4e5739b42c1dd3d8ba655c0b3a3b974850895a13d8bf9917
Options
-f, --force override the tag if it exists
-h, --help help for create
lakectl tag delete
Delete a tag from a repository
lakectl tag delete <tag URI> [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for delete
lakectl tag help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type tag help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl tag help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl tag list
List tags in a repository
lakectl tag list <repository URI> [flags]
Examples
lakectl tag list lakefs://my-repo
Options
--after string show results after this value (used for pagination)
--amount int number of results to return (default 100)
-h, --help help for list
lakectl tag show
Show tag’s commit reference
lakectl tag show <tag URI> [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for show
Undocumented commands
note: ⚠️ These commands are plumbing commands and for internal use only. Avoid using them unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing, or have been in contact with lakeFS support!
lakectl abuse
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
Abuse a running lakeFS instance. See sub commands for more info.
Options
-h, --help help for abuse
lakectl abuse commit
Commits to the source branch repeatedly
lakectl abuse commit <branch URI> [flags]
Options
--amount int amount of commits to do (default 100)
--gap duration duration to wait between commits (default 2s)
-h, --help help for commit
lakectl abuse create-branches
Create a lot of branches very quickly.
lakectl abuse create-branches <source ref URI> [flags]
Options
--amount int amount of things to do (default 1000000)
--branch-prefix string prefix to create branches under (default "abuse-")
--clean-only only clean up past runs
-h, --help help for create-branches
--parallelism int amount of things to do in parallel (default 100)
lakectl abuse help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type abuse help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl abuse help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl abuse link-same-object
Link the same object in parallel.
lakectl abuse link-same-object <branch URI> [flags]
Options
--amount int amount of link object to do (default 1000000)
-h, --help help for link-same-object
--key string key used for the test (default "linked-object")
--parallelism int amount of link object to do in parallel (default 100)
lakectl abuse list
List from the source ref
lakectl abuse list <source ref URI> [flags]
Options
--amount int amount of lists to do (default 1000000)
-h, --help help for list
--parallelism int amount of lists to do in parallel (default 100)
--prefix string prefix to list under (default "abuse/")
lakectl abuse merge
Merge non-conflicting objects to the source branch in parallel
lakectl abuse merge <branch URI> [flags]
Options
--amount int amount of merges to perform (default 1000)
-h, --help help for merge
--parallelism int number of merges to perform in parallel (default 100)
lakectl abuse random-delete
Delete keys from a file and generate random delete from the source ref for those keys.
lakectl abuse random-delete <source ref URI> [flags]
Options
--amount int amount of reads to do (default 1000000)
--from-file string read keys from this file ("-" for stdin)
-h, --help help for random-delete
--parallelism int amount of reads to do in parallel (default 100)
lakectl abuse random-read
Read keys from a file and generate random reads from the source ref for those keys.
lakectl abuse random-read <source ref URI> [flags]
Options
--amount int amount of reads to do (default 1000000)
--from-file string read keys from this file ("-" for stdin)
-h, --help help for random-read
--parallelism int amount of reads to do in parallel (default 100)
lakectl abuse random-write
Generate random writes to the source branch
lakectl abuse random-write <branch URI> [flags]
Options
--amount int amount of writes to do (default 1000000)
-h, --help help for random-write
--parallelism int amount of writes to do in parallel (default 100)
--prefix string prefix to create paths under (default "abuse/")
lakectl bisect
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
Binary search to find the commit that introduced a bug
Options
-h, --help help for bisect
lakectl bisect bad
Set ‘bad’ commit that is known to contain the bug
lakectl bisect bad [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for bad
lakectl bisect good
Set current commit as ‘good’ commit that is known to be before the bug was introduced
lakectl bisect good [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for good
lakectl bisect help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type bisect help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl bisect help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl bisect log
Print out the current bisect state
lakectl bisect log [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for log
lakectl bisect reset
Clean up the bisection state
lakectl bisect reset [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for reset
lakectl bisect run
Bisecting based on command status code
lakectl bisect run <command> [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for run
lakectl bisect start
Start a bisect session
lakectl bisect start <bad ref URI> <good ref URI> [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for start
lakectl bisect view
Current bisect commits
lakectl bisect view [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for view
lakectl cat-hook-output
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
Cat actions hook output
lakectl cat-hook-output <repository URI> <run_id> <hook_id> [flags]
Examples
lakectl cat-hook-output lakefs://my-repo 20230719152411arS0z6I my_hook_name
Options
-h, --help help for cat-hook-output
lakectl cat-sst
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
Explore lakeFS .sst files
lakectl cat-sst <sst-file> [flags]
Options
--amount int how many records to return, or -1 for all records (default -1)
-f, --file string path to an sstable file, or "-" for stdin
-h, --help help for cat-sst
lakectl docs
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
lakectl docs [outfile] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for docs
lakectl find-merge-base
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
Find the commits for the merge operation
lakectl find-merge-base <source ref URI> <destination ref URI> [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for find-merge-base
lakectl refs-dump
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
Dumps refs (branches, commits, tags) to the underlying object store
lakectl refs-dump <repository URI> [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for refs-dump
-o, --output string output filename (default stdout)
--poll-interval duration poll status check interval (default 3s)
--timeout duration timeout for polling status checks (default 1h0m0s)
lakectl refs-restore
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
Restores refs (branches, commits, tags) from the underlying object store to a bare repository
Synopsis
restores refs (branches, commits, tags) from the underlying object store to a bare repository.
This command is expected to run on a bare repository (i.e. one created with ‘lakectl repo create-bare’). Since a bare repo is expected, in case of transient failure, delete the repository and recreate it as bare and retry.
lakectl refs-restore <repository URI> [flags]
Examples
aws s3 cp s3://bucket/_lakefs/refs_manifest.json - | lakectl refs-restore lakefs://my-bare-repository --manifest -
Options
-h, --help help for refs-restore
--manifest refs-dump path to a refs manifest json file (as generated by refs-dump). Alternatively, use "-" to read from stdin
--poll-interval duration poll status check interval (default 3s)
--timeout duration timeout for polling status checks (default 1h0m0s)
lakectl usage
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
Usage reports from lakeFS
Options
-h, --help help for usage
lakectl usage help
Help about any command
Synopsis
Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type usage help [path to command] for full details.
lakectl usage help [command] [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for help
lakectl usage summary
note: lakeFS plumbing command. Don’t use unless you’re really sure you know what you’re doing.
Summary reports from lakeFS
lakectl usage summary [flags]
Options
-h, --help help for summary