Command Reference
Clonit provides a command-line interface for database snapshotting, sanitizing, and sharing. Commands are organized into groups for managing targets, snapshots, storage profiles, and configuration.
clonit [command] [subcommand] [arguments] [flags]Global Flags
Section titled “Global Flags”These flags are available on every command.
| Flag | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--config |
string | <config-dir>/config.yaml |
Path to config file |
--debug |
bool | false |
Enable debug logging |
--quiet |
bool | false |
Suppress non-essential output |
Commands
Section titled “Commands”| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| config init | Initialize config file and database |
| version | Print version information |
| serve | Start the web UI and REST API server |
| targets | List all configured targets |
| targets add | Add a new target |
| targets show | Show full details of a target |
| targets update | Update an existing target’s fields |
| targets remove | Remove a target |
| targets verify | Verify database connectivity for a target’s URLs |
| snapshots | List snapshots for a target |
| build | Create a snapshot of the source database |
| load | Load a snapshot into the destination database |
| subset | Copy a filtered subset of the source into the destination |
| push | Push a snapshot to remote storage |
| pull | Pull a snapshot from remote storage |
| sanitize | Run the sanitization pipeline |
| analyze | AI-analyze the schema and generate a sanitization query |
| ephemeral | Run ephemeral sanitization in a Docker container |
| storage-profile | List storage profiles |
| storage-profile add | Add a new storage profile |
| storage-profile remove | Remove a storage profile |
| login | Sign in to Clonit Cloud |
| logout | Sign out of Clonit Cloud |
| whoami | Show the signed-in cloud identity |
| cloud | Manage the Clonit Cloud connection, targets, snapshots, and storage profiles |