Provides a command-line interface (CLI) to the Northflank platform.
Visit our website www.northflank.com
Full documentation on https://northflank.com/docs/v1/api/use-the-cli
Also use the Northflank js-client: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@northflank/js-client
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have a query or want to give some feedback on https://northflank.com/contact or email us at contact@northflank.com.
Install with
npm i @northflank/cli -g
or yarn global add @northflank/cli
.
This allows to use the CLI globally from the command line.
To use without installation, run
npx @northflank/cli
The command northflank help
provides useful information in navigating the various commands
of the CLI.
Run the login command to connect the CLI to your northflank account:
northflank login
You will be asked to provide an API token. The token can be created using the Northflank web interface: Account Settings > API > Tokens > Create API token.
This creates a context, which will be used as a default for further use of the CLI.
Having logged in, the CLI is ready to be used.
- Listing services in a project:
northflank list services
- Getting detailed information about a service:
northflank get service
- Scaling a service:
northflank scale service
- Creating a combined service:
northflank create service combined
Contexts can be used to cache auth info, default projects and services:
northflank contexts use project
northflank contexts use service
- List all context and defaults:
northflank contexts list
- Switch between contexts:
northflank context use
Northflank services and addons can be exposed locally using the northflank forward
command.
Examples:
sudo northflank forward all
sudo northflank forward addon --addonId <addon-id>
sudo northflank forward service --serviceId <service-id>
Please note that this command requires root/admin privilges
The CLI will ask for the required information when executing a command if the information is not provided by command line arguments or input files. This is done in a beginner-friendly question-answer style of interacting and allows for CLI exploration.
After having provided all required information, the user can choose to run through
the questions again or edit the final command payload for full flexibility.
The request can also be saved to a file and be used in the future using the
--file <file-path>
flag.