YDB CLI

The YDB CLI provides software for managing your data in YDB.

To learn how to use the YDB CLI, see Installing the YDB CLI.

When connecting to a database, you need to authenticate. For the first connection, you can use the quick recipe from the Authentication article in the “Getting started” section.

Full information about defining DB connection and authentication parameters is given in the Connecting to a database and authenticating with the YDB CLI article in this section.

For a full description of YDB CLI commands, see the following articles of this section:

• List of objects.
• Getting information about schema objects.
• Working with directories.
• Making a DB query.
• Streaming table reads.
• Working with secondary indexes.
• Getting a list of DB endpoints.
• Load testing.