CLIs and command line tools

Command line tools

Tools for interacting with, configuring, and managing YugabuyteDB

YugabyteDB ships with a variety of tools to interact with, manage, and configure your cluster. Each tool has been designed for a specific purpose. The following illustration shows which tools operate on which parts of the cluster.

Tools and their purpose

Note

For information about yugabyted and configuring YB-Master and YB-TServer services, refer to Configuration.

Tools

Interact with YugabyteDB, including querying data, creating and modifying database objects, and executing SQL commands and scripts using YSQL.

Interact with YugabyteDB, including querying data, creating and modifying database objects, and executing CQL commands and scripts using YCQL.

Administer YugabyteDB cluster configuration and features.

Create and manage local clusters on macOS or Linux.

Extract a single YugabyteDB database into an SQL script file.

Extract all YugabyteDB databases into an SQL script file.

Perform advanced operations on tablet servers.