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Quix CLI Commands Summary

This quick reference guide lists common use cases for the Quix CLI with the corresponding commands. Use this guide to quickly find and execute the commands you need while developing Quix data pipelines locally.

Core commands

Use Case Command
Update application .env files from quix.yaml quix init --update
Run applications with the variables from .env quix run
Update pipeline configuration quix pipeline update
Bring pipeline up in Docker quix pipeline up
Get a global status check of the CLI settings quix status
Display the current status of the local pipeline quix pipeline status
Push local changes to Git and sync with Quix Cloud quix pipeline sync

Initialization

Use Case Command
Initialize a new Quix project quix init
Initialize with DevContainer support quix init --devcontainer
Initialize a project updating .env files from quix.yaml quix init --update

Application Management

Use Case Command
Create a new application quix app add
Edit the variables of an application quix app edit
List applications in the project quix app list
Add a variable to an application quix app vars add
Edit the variables of an application quix app vars edit

Pipeline Management

Use Case Command
Update pipeline from current applications configurations quix pipeline update
View pipeline graph quix pipeline view
Bring pipeline up in Docker quix pipeline up
Bring pipeline up in Docker and update the configuration quix pipeline up --update
Bring pipeline down in Docker quix pipeline down
Start a deployment in Docker quix pipeline start
Stop a deployment in Docker quix pipeline stop
Read the logs from the local pipeline quix pipeline logs
Push local changes to Git and sync with Quix Cloud quix pipeline sync

Broker Management

Use Case Command
Start local pipeline broker quix broker up
Stop local pipeline broker quix broker down
List all the topics from your pipeline broker quix broker topic list
Read the content of a topic from your pipeline broker quix broker topic read

SDK Broker Configuration

Use Case Command
Set SDK broker to custom local address quix sdk broker set <broker-address> --enable
Set SDK broker to Quix Cloud quix sdk broker cloud
Set SDK broker to default local configuration quix sdk broker local

Running Applications

Use Case Command
Run with the variables from .env quix run
Update the .env variables from the pipeline and run quix run --update
Run and stop deployed version of the application quix run --stop
Run and intercept deployed version of the application quix run --intercept