astra db cqlsh start

astra db cqlsh start [-qV] [--debug] [--no-input] [--[no-]spinner] [--dump-logs
                     [=FILE]] [--color=WHEN] [--connect-timeout=TIMEOUT]
                     [--encoding=ENCODING] [-k=KEYSPACE] [-o=FORMAT]
                     [-r=REGION] [--request-timeout=TIMEOUT] [[[-cf=PATH]
                     [-p=NAME]] | [--token=TOKEN [--env=ENV]]] [] [DB]

Connect to your Astra database using cqlsh

Options

DB: The name/ID of the Astra database to connect to
--debug: Show additional debugging information
--encoding: Output encoding (default: utf8)
--connect-timeout: Connection timeout in seconds
-k, --keyspace: Authenticate to the given keyspace
--request-timeout: Request timeout in seconds
-r, --region: The region to use. Uses the db’s default region if not specified.

Common Options

-o, --output: One of: human, json, csv
-V, --verbose: Enable verbose logging output
-q, --quiet: Only output essential information
--spinner: Enable/disable loading spinners
--no-input: Don’t ask for user input (e.g. confirmation prompts)
--color: One of: auto, never, always
--dump-logs: Write all logs to an optionally specified file

Connection Options

-cf, --config-file: The .astrarc file to use for this command
-p, --profile: The .astrarc profile to use for this command
--token: The astra token to use for this command. Use the --token @file syntax to read the token from a file, to avoid potential leaks.
--env: Override the target astra environment

Examples

# Launch cqlsh for a database
$ astra db cqlsh start my_db

# Launch cqlsh with a specific keyspace
$ astra db cqlsh start my_db -k my_keyspace

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