CBC(1)

NAME
cbc - Couchbase Client Commandline Utility

SYNOPSIS
cbc COMMAND [OPTIONS]
cbc help
cbc version
cbc cat KEYS ... [OPTIONS]
cbc create KEY -V VALUE [OPTIONS]
cbc create KEY [OPTIONS]
cbc cp FILES ... [OPTIONS]
cbc incr KEY [OPTIONS]
cbc decr KEY [OPTIONS]
cbc rm KEY [OPTIONS]
cbc hash KEY [OPTIONS]
cbc stats KEYS ... [OPTIONS]
cbc observe KEYS ... [OPTIONS]
cbc view VIEWPATH [OPTIONS]
cbc lock KEY [OPTIONS]
cbc unlock KEY CAS [OPTIONS]
cbc admin -P PASSWORD RESTAPI [OPTIONS]
cbc bucket-create -P PASSWORD NAME [OPTIONS]
cbc bucket-delete -P PASSWORD NAME [OPTIONS]
cbc bucket-flush NAME [OPTIONS]
cbc connstr SPEC
cbc n1ql QUERY ... [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
cbc is a utility for communicating with a Couchbase cluster.

cbc should be invoked with the command name first and then a series of command options appropriate for the specific command. cbc help will always show the full list of available commands.

OPTIONS
Options may be read either from the command line, or from a configuration file (see cbcrc(4)):

The following common options may be applied to most of the commands

-U, --spec=SPEC
    A string describing the cluster to connect to. The string is in a URI-like syntax, and may also contain other options. See the EXAMPLES section for information. Typically such a URI will look like couchbase://host1,host2,host3/bucket.

    The default for this option is couchbase://localhost/default

-u, --username=USERNAME
    Specify the username for the bucket. As of Couchbase Server 2.5 this field should be either left empty or set to the name of the bucket itself.

-P, --password=SASLPASS:

-P -, --password=-
    Specify the SASL password for the bucket. This is only needed if the bucket is protected with a password. Note that this is not the administrative password used to log into the web interface.

    Specifying the - as the password indicates that the program should prompt for the password. You may also specify the password on the commandline, directly, but is insecure as command line arguments are visible via commands such as ps.

-T, --timings
    Dump command timings at the end of execution. This will display a histogram showing the latencies for the commands executed.

-v, --verbose
    Specify more information to standard error about what the client is doing. You may specify this option multiple times for increased output detail.

-D, --cparam=OPTION=VALUE
    Provide additional client options. Acceptable options can also be placed in the connection string, however this option is provided as a convenience. This option may be specified multiple times, each time specifying a key=value pair (for example, -Doperation_timeout=10 -Dconfig_cache=/foo/bar/baz). See ADDITIONAL OPTIONS for more information

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
The following options may be included in the connection string (via the -U option) as URI-style query params (e.g. couchbase://host/bucket?option1=value1&option2=value2) or as individual key=value pairs passed to the -D switch (e.g. -Doption1=value1 -Doption2=value). The -D will internally build the connection string, and is provided as a convenience for options to be easily passed on the command-line

operation_timeout=SECONDS
    Specify the operation timeout in seconds. This is the time the client will wait for an operation to complete before timing it out. The default is 2.5

config_cache=PATH
    Enables the client to make use of a file based configuration cache rather than connecting for the bootstrap operation. If the file does not exist, the client will first connect to the cluster and then cache the bootstrap information in the file.

certpath=PATH
    The path to the server's SSL certificate. This is typically required for SSL connectivity unless the certificate has already been added to the openssl installation on the system (only applicable with couchbases:// scheme)

ssl=no_verify
    Temporarily disable certificate verification for SSL (only applicable with couchbases:// scheme). This should only be used for quickly debugging SSL functionality.

sasl_mech_force=MECHANISM
    Force a specific SASL mechanism to be used when performing the initial connection. This should only need to be modified for debugging purposes. The currently supported mechanisms are PLAIN and CRAM-MD5

bootstrap_on=<both,http,cccp>
    Specify the bootstrap protocol the client should use when attempting to connect to the cluster. Options are: cccp: Bootstrap using the Memcached protocol (supported on clusters 2.5 and greater); http: Bootstrap using the HTTP REST protocol (supported on any cluster version); and both: First attempt bootstrap over the Memcached protocol, and use the HTTP protocol if Memcached bootstrap fails. The default is both

COMMANDS
The following commands are supported by cbc. Unless otherwise specified, each command supports all of the options above.

  cat
Write the value of keys to standard output.

This command requires that at least one key may be passed to it, but may accept multiple keys. The keys should be specified as positional arguments after the command.

In addition to the options in the OPTIONS section, the following options are supported:

r, --replica=all|INDEX
    Read the value from a replica server. The value for this option can either be the string all which will cause the client to request the value from each replica, or INDEX where INDEX is a 0-based replica index.

e, --expiry=EXPIRATION
    Specify that this operation should be a get-and-touch operation in which the key's expiry time is updated along with retrieving the item.

  create

  cp
Create a new item in the cluster, or update the value of an existing item. By default this command will read the value from standard input unless the --value option is specified.

The cp command functions the same, except it operates on a list of files. Each file is stored in the cluster under the name specified on the command line.

In addition to the options in the OPTIONS section, the following options are supported:

-V, --value=VALUE
    The value to store in the cluster. If omitted, the value is read from standard input. This option is valid only for the create command.

f, --flags=ITEMFLAGS
    A 32 bit unsigned integer to be stored alongside the value. This number is returned when the item is retrieved again. Other clients commonly use this value to determine the type of item being stored.

e, --expiry=EXPIRATION
    The number of time in seconds from now at which the item should expire.

M, --mode=upsert|insert|replace
    Specify the storage mode. Mode can be one of insert (store item if it does not yet exist), replace (only store item if key already exists), or upsert (unconditionally store item)

p, --persist-to=NUMNODES
    Wait until the item has been persisted to at least NUMNODES nodes' disk. If NUMNODES is 1 then wait until only the master node has persisted the item for this key. You may not specify a number greater than the number of nodes actually in the cluster.

r --replicate-to=NREPLICAS
    Wait until the item has been replicated to at least NREPLICAS replica nodes. The bucket must be configured with at least one replica, and at least NREPLICAS replica nodes must be online.

  observe
Retrieve persistence and replication information for items.

This command will print the status of each key to standard error.

See the OPTIONS for accepted options

  incr

  decr
These commands increment or decrement a counter item in the cluster. A counter is a value stored as an ASCII string which is readable as a number, thus for example 42.

These commands will by default refuse to operate on an item which does not exist in the cluster.

The incr and decr command differ with how they treat the --delta argument. The incr command will treat the value as a positive offset and increment the current value by the amount specified, whereas the decr command will treat the value as a negative offset and decrement the value by the amount specified.

In addition to OPTIONS, the following options are supported:

--initial=_DEFAULT_
    Set the initial value for the item if it does not exist in the cluster. The value should be an unsigned 64 bit integer. If this option is not specified and the item does not exist, the operation will fail. If the item does exist, this option is ignored.

--delta=DELTA
    Set the absolute delta by which the value should change. If the command is incr then the value will be incremented by this amount. If the command is decr then the value will be decremented by this amount. The default value for this option is 1.

-e, --expiry=EXPIRATION
    Set the expiration time for the key, in terms of seconds from now.

  hash
Display mapping information for a key.

This command diplays mapping information about a key. The mapping information indicates which vBucket the key is mapped to, and which server is currently the master node for the given vBucket.

See the OPTIONS for accepted options

  lock
Lock an item in the cluster.

This will retrieve and lock an item in the cluster, making it inaccessible for modification until it is unlocked (see unlock).

In addition to the common options (OPTIONS), this command accepts the following options:

e, --expiry=LOCKTIME
    Specify the amount of time the lock should be held for. If not specified, it will default to the server side maximum of 15 seconds.

  unlock
Unlock a previously locked item.

This command accepts two mandatory positional arguments which are the key and CAS value. The CAS value should be specified as printed from the lock command (i.e. with the leading 0x hexadecimal prefix).

See the OPTIONS for accepted options

  rm
Remove an item from the cluster.

This command will remove an item from the cluster. If the item does not exist, the operation will fail.

See the OPTIONS for accepted options

  stats
Retrieve a list of cluster statistics. If positional arguments are passed to this command, only the statistics classified under those keys will be retrieved. See the server documentation for a full list of possible statistics categories.

This command will contact each server in the cluster and retrieve that node's own set of statistics.

The statistics are printed to standard output in the form of SERVER STATISTIC VALUE where SERVER is the host:port representation of the node from which has provided this statistic, STATISTIC is the name of the current statistical key, and VALUE is the value for this statistic.

See the OPTIONS for accepted options

  version
Display information about the underlying version of libcouchbase to which the cbc binary is linked.

  verbosity
Set the memcached logging versbosity on the cluster. This affects how the memcached processes write their logs. This command accepts a single positional argument which is a string describing the verbosity level to be set. The options are detail, debug info, and warning.

  mcflush
Flush a memcached bucket. This command takes no arguments, and will fail if the bucket specified is not a memcached bucket. You may also use bucket-flush to flush any bucket (including a couchbase bucket). The mcflush command may be quicker for memcached buckets, though.

  view
Execute an HTTP request against the server's view (CAPI) interface.

The request may be one to create a design document, view a design document, or query a view.

To create a design document, the definition of the document (in JSON) should be piped to the command on standard input.

This command accepts one positional argument which is the path (relative to the bucket) to execute. Thus to query the brewery_beers view in the beer design document within the beer-sample bucket one would do: cbc view -U couchbase://localhost/beer-sample design/beer/view/brewery_beers

In addition to the OPTIONS specified above, the following options are recognized:

-X, --method=GET|PUT|POST|DELETE
    Specify the HTTP method to use for the specific request. The default method is GET to query a view. To delete an existing design document, specify DELETE, and to create a new design document, specify PUT.

  n1ql
Execute a N1QL Query. The cluster must have at least one query node enabled.

The query itself is passed as a positional argument on the commandline. The query may contain named placeholders (in the format of $param), whose values may be supplied later on using the --qarg='$param=value' syntax.

It is recommended to place the statement in single quotes to avoid shell expansion.

In addition to the OPTIONS specified above, the following options are recognized:

-Q, --qopt=SETTING=VALUE
    Specify additional options controlling the execution of the query. This can be used for example, to set the scan_consistency of the query.

-A, --qarg=PLACEHOLDER=VALUE
    Supply values for placeholders found in the query string. The placeholders must evaluate to valid JSON values.

  admin
Execute an administrative request against the management REST API. Note that in order to perform an administrative API you will need to provide administrative credentials to cbc admin. This means the username and password used to log into the administration console.

This command accepts a single positional argument which is the REST API endpoint (i.e. HTTP path) to execute.

If the request requires a body, it should be supplied via standard input

In addition to the OPTIONS specified above, the following options are recognized:

-X, --method=GET|PUT|POST|DELETE
    Specify the HTTP method to use for the specific request. The default method is GET.

  bucket-create
Create a bucket in the cluster.

This command will create a bucket with the name specified as the lone positional argument on the command line.

As this is an administrative command, the --username and --password options should be supplied administrative credentials.

In addition to the OPTIONS specified above, the following options are recognized:

--bucket-type=couchbase|memcached
    Specify the type of bucket to create. A couchbase bucket has persistence to disk and replication. A memached bucket is in-memory only and does not replicate.

--ram-quota=QUOTA
    Specify the maximum amount of memory the bucket should occupy (per node) in megabytes. If not specified, the default is 512.

--bucket-password=PASSWORD
    Specify the password to secure this bucket. If passed, this password will be required by all clients attempting to connect to the bucket. If ommitted, this bucket may be accessible to everyone for both read and write access.

--num-replicas=REPLICAS
    Specify the amount of replicas the bucket should have. This will set the number of nodes each item will be replicated to. If not specified the default is 1.

  bucket-flush
This command will flush the bucket with the name specified as the lone positional argument on the command line.

This command does not require administrative level credentials, however it does require that flush be enabled for the bucket.

See the OPTIONS for accepted options

  connstr
This command will parse a connection string into its constituent parts and display them on the screen. The command takes a single positional argument which is the string to parse.

EXAMPLES

  CONNECTION EXAMPLES
The following shows how to connect to various types of buckets. These examples all show how to retrieve the key key. See OPERATION EXAMPLES for more information on specific sub-commands.

Run against a bucket (a_bucket) on a cluster on a remote host:

    cbc cat key -U couchbase://192.168.33.101/a_bucket

Connect to an SSL cluster at secure.net. The certificate for the cluster is stored locally at /home/couchbase/couchbase_cert.pem:

    cbc cat key -U couchbases://secure.net/topsecret_bucket?certpath=/home/couchbase/couchbase_cert.pem

Connect to an SSL cluster at secure.net, ignoring certificate verification. This is insecure but handy for testing:

    cbc cat key -U couchbases://secure.net/topsecret_bucket?ssl=no_verify

Connect to a password protected bucket (protected) on a remote host:

    cbc cat key -U couchbase://remote.host.net/protected -P-
    Bucket password:
    ...

Connect to a password protected bucket, specifying the password on the command line (INSECURE, but useful for testing dummy environments)

    cbc cat key -U couchbase://remote.host.net/protected -P t0ps3cr3t

Connect to a bucket running on a cluster with a custom REST API port

    cbc cat key -U http://localhost:9000/default

Connec to bucket running on a cluster with a custom memcached port

    cbc cat key -U couchbase://localhost:12000/default

Connect to a memcached (http://memcached.org) cluster using the binary protocol. A vanilla memcached cluster is not the same as a memcached bucket residing within a couchbase cluster (use the normal couchbase:// scheme for that):

    cbc cat key -U memcached://host1,host2,host3,host4

Connect to a cluster using the HTTP protocol for bootstrap, and set the operation timeout to 5 seconds

    cbc cat key -U couchbase://host/bucket -Dbootstrap_on=http -Doperation_timeout=5

  OPERATION EXAMPLES
Store a file to the cluster:

    $ cbc cp mystuff.txt
    mystuff.txt         Stored. CAS=0xe15dbe22efc1e00

Retrieve persistence/replication information about an item (note that Status is a set of bits):

    $ cbc observe mystuff.txt
    mystuff              [Master] Status=0x80, CAS=0x0

Display mapping information about keys:

    $cbc hash foo bar baz
    foo: [vBucket=115, Index=3] Server: cbnode3:11210, CouchAPI: http://cbnode3:8092/default
    bar: [vBucket=767, Index=0] Server: cbnode1:11210, CouchAPI: http://cbnode1:8092/default
    baz: [vBucket=36, Index=2] Server: cbnode2:11210, CouchAPI: http://cbnode2:8092/default

Create a bucket:

    $ cbc bucket-create --bucket-type=memcached --ram-quota=100 --password=letmein -u Administrator -P 123456 mybucket
    Requesting /pools/default/buckets
    202
      Cache-Control: no-cache
      Content-Length: 0
      Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 22:43:56 GMT
      Location: /pools/default/buckets/mybucket
      Pragma: no-cache
      Server: Couchbase Server

Flush a bucket:

    $ cbc bucket-flush default
    Requesting /pools/default/buckets/default/controller/doFlush
    200
      Cache-Control: no-cache
      Content-Length: 0
      Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 22:53:44 GMT
      Pragma: no-cache
      Server: Couchbase Server

Delete a bucket:

    $ cbc bucket-delete mybucket -P123456
    Requesting /pools/default/buckets/mybucket
    200
      Cache-Control: no-cache
      Content-Length: 0
      Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 22:55:58 GMT
      Pragma: no-cache
      Server: Couchbase Server

Use cbc stats to determine the minimum and maximum timeouts for a lock operation:

    $ cbc stats | grep ep_getl
    localhost:11210 ep_getl_default_timeout 15
    localhost:11210 ep_getl_max_timeout 30

Create a design document:

    $ echo '{"views":{"all":{"map":"function(doc,meta){emit(meta.id,null)}"}}}' | cbc view -X PUT _design/blog
    201
      Cache-Control: must-revalidate
      Content-Length: 32
      Content-Type: application/json
      Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 23:03:40 GMT
      Location: http://localhost:8092/default/_design/blog
      Server: MochiWeb/1.0 (Any of you quaids got a smint?)
    {"ok":true,"id":"_design/blog"}

Query a view:

    $ cbc view _design/blog/_view/all?limit=5
    200
      Cache-Control: must-revalidate
      Content-Type: application/json
      Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 23:06:09 GMT
      Server: MochiWeb/1.0 (Any of you quaids got a smint?)
      Transfer-Encoding: chunked
    {"total_rows":20,"rows":[
    {"id":"bin","key":"bin","value":null},
    {"id":"check-all-libev-unit-tests.log","key":"check-all-libev-unit-tests.log","value":null},
    {"id":"check-all-libevent-unit-tests.log","key":"check-all-libevent-unit-tests.log","value":null},
    {"id":"check-all-select-unit-tests.log","key":"check-all-select-unit-tests.log","value":null},
    {"id":"cmake_install.cmake","key":"cmake_install.cmake","value":null}
    ]
    }

Issue a N1QL query:

    $ cbc n1ql 'SELECT * FROM `travel-sample` WHERE type="airport" AND city=$city' -Qscan_consistency=request_plus -A'$city=\"Reno\"'

FILES
cbc(1) and cbc-pillowfight(1) may also read options from cbcrc(4). The default path for cbcrc is $HOME/.cbcrc, but may be overridden by setting the CBC_CONFIG evironment variable to an alternate path.

BUGS
The options in this utility and their behavior are subject to change. This script should be used for experiemntation only and not inside production scripts.

SEE ALSO
cbc-pillowfight(1), cbcrc(4)

History
The cbc command first appeared in version 0.3.0 of the library. It was significantly rewritten in version 2.4.0