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dblab

DBLab Engine's CLI client.

  1. TL;DR
  2. Further readings
    1. Sources

TL;DR

Setup
# Install.
curl -sSL 'dblab.sh' | bash

# Initialize CLI configuration.
# Assumes that 'localhost:2345' forwards to the Database Lab Engine machine's at port 2345'.
dblab init --environment-id 'tutorial' --url 'http://localhost:2345' --token 'secret_token' --insecure

# Show global CLI environment configuration
dblab config show-global

# Create CLI environments
dblab config create 'staging'

# Show available CLI environments
dblab config list

# Show current CLI environment configuration
dblab config view

# Modify CLI environments
# Errors out should one specify the current set of settings
dblab config update --url --insecure=true 'staging'
Usage
# Check the running container's version
# Used to check the instance is up and running
dblab instance version
curl 'http://127.0.0.1:2345/healthz'

# Display the engine's status
dblab instance status

# Change environment
dblab config switch 'prod'

# Fetch the status of the Engine's instance.
dblab instance status

# Get the ID of the latest snapshot.
dblab snapshot list | jq -r 'max_by(.createdAt).id'

# Create clones.
dblab clone create --username 'dblab_user_1' --password 'secret_password' --id 'my_first_clone'
curl -X 'POST' 'https://dblab.instance.fqdn/api/clone' -H 'Verification-Token: verification-token-here' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{ "protected": true, "db": { "username": "user", "password": "password", "db_name": "db" }, "id": "clone-id" }'

# Get clones' information.
curl -X 'GET' 'https://dblab.instance.fqdn/api/clone/clone-id' -H 'Verification-Token: verification-token-here'

# Reset clones.
curl -X 'POST' 'https://dblab.instance.fqdn/api/clone/clone-id/reset' -H 'Verification-Token: verification-token-here' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{ "latest": true }'
curl -X 'POST' 'https://dblab.instance.fqdn/api/clone/clone-id/reset' -H 'Verification-Token: verification-token-here' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{ "latest": false, "snapshotID": "2024-09-09T12:12:13Z" }'

# Change clones' properties.
curl -X 'PATCH' 'https://dblab.instance.fqdn/api/clone/clone-id' -H 'Verification-Token: verification-token-here' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{ "protected": false }'

# Delete clones.
curl -X 'DELETE' 'https://dblab.instance.fqdn/api/clone/clone-id/reset' -H 'Verification-Token: verification-token-here'

# Force full refresh
# v4.0.0+
dblab instance full-refresh
Real world use cases
curl -X 'POST' 'https://dblab.company.com:1234/api/clone' \
  -H 'Verification-Token: something-something-dark-side' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "id": "smth",
    "protected": true,
    "db": {
      "username": "master",
      "password": "ofPuppets",
      "db_name": "puppet"
    }
  }'
curl 'https://dblab.company.com:1234/api/clone/smth' \
  -H 'Verification-Token: something-something-dark-side'
curl -X 'POST' 'https://dblab.company.com:1234/api/clone/smth/reset' \
  -H 'Verification-Token: something-something-dark-side' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{ "latest": true }'
curl -X 'PATCH' 'https://dblab.company.com:1234/api/clone/smth' \
  -H 'Verification-Token: something-something-dark-side' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{ "protected": false }'
curl -X 'DELETE' 'https://dblab.company.com:1234/api/clone/smth' \
  -H 'Verification-Token: something-something-dark-side'

Further readings

Sources