Hasura CLI Configuration Reference

Introduction

Hasura CLI commands can get key values from flags, ENV variables, a .env file or the configuration file config.yaml.

Configuration file

In order for the Hasura CLI to work, the config.yaml file is required (created automatically via the hasura init command). The configuration file can be configured with the following config keys:

version:
endpoint:
admin_secret:
insecure_skip_tls_verify:
certificate_authority:
access_key: #deprecated
api_paths:
  query:
  graphql:
  config:
  pg_dump:
  version:
metadata_directory:
migrations_directory:
seeds_directory:
actions:
  kind:
  handler_webhook_baseurl:
  codegen:
    framework:
    output_dir:
    uri:
Config Key Required Supported since Config Version Default value
version false 1 3
endpoint true 1 http://localhost:8080
admin_secret false 1  
access_key false 1 (Deprecated)  
insecure_skip_tls_verify false 1 (added in v1.2.0) false
certificate_authority false 1 (added in v1.2.0)  
api_paths false 1  
api_paths.query false 1 v1/query
api_paths.graphql false 1 v1/graphql
api_paths.config false 1 v1alpha1/config
api_paths.pg_dump false 1 v1alpha1/pg_dump
api_paths.version false 1 v1/version
metadata_directory false 2  
migrations_directory false 1 migrations
seeds_directory false 2  
actions false 2  
actions.kind true 2 synchronous
actions.handler_webhook_baseurl true 2 http://localhost:3000
actions.codegen false 2  
actions.codegen.framework true 2  
actions.codegen.output_dir true 2  
actions.codegen.uri false 2  

Note

The above structure is for the config v3 file which is supported since v2.0.0-alpha.1. Refer to this page on how to upgrade to config v2.

Environment variables

The configuration can also be set in the form of environment variables:

ENV variable Config file key Description
HASURA_GRAPHQL_VERSION version Config version to be used.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT endpoint http(s) endpoint for Hasura GraphQL engine.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET admin_secret Admin secret for Hasura GraphQL engine.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_ACCESS_KEY access_key Access key for Hasura GraphQL engine. Note: Deprecated. Use admin secret instead.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_INSECURE_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY insecure_skip_tls_verify Skip verifying SSL certificate for the Hasura endpoint. Useful if you have a self-singed certificate and don’t have access to the CA cert.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITY certificate_authority Path to the CA certificate for validating the self-signed certificate for the Hasura endpoint.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_API_PATHS_QUERY api_paths.query Schema/ metadata API endpoint. More details at Schema / metadata API (Deprecated).
HASURA_GRAPHQL_API_PATHS_GRAPHQL api_paths.graphql GraphQL API endpoint. More details at GraphQL API.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_API_PATHS_CONFIG api_paths.config Config API endpoint. More details at Config API.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_API_PATHS_PG_DUMP api_paths.pg_dump PG Dump API endpoint. More details at pg_dump API.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_API_PATHS_VERSION api_paths.version Version API endpoint. More details at RESTified GraphQL API.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_METADATA_DIRECTORY metadata_directory Defines the directory where the metadata files were stored.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_MIGRATIONS_DIRECTORY migrations_directory Defines the directory where the migration files were stored.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_SEEDS_DIRECTORY seeds_directory Defines the directory where the seed files were stored.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_ACTIONS_KIND actions.kind Kind to be used for actions.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_ACTIONS_HANDLER_WEBHOOK_BASEURL actions.handler_webhook_baseurl Webhook baseurl to be used for actions.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_ACTIONS_CODEGEN_FRAMEWORK actions.codegen.framework Framework to codegen for actions.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_ACTION_CODEGEN_OUTPUT_DIR actions.codegen.output_dir Defines the directory to create the codegen files.
HASURA_GRAPHQL_ACTION_CODEGEN_URI actions.codegen.uri URI to codegen for actions.

CLI flags

The above keys can be set using command-line flags as well. The corresponding flag, for the ENV vars or the configuration keys, can be found in the respective commands reference manual.

.env file

Alternatively, environment variables can also be read from the .env file, created manually by the user, at the project root directory. A global flag, --envfile, is available to explicitly get the .env file created by the user, which defaults to .env if no flag is provided.

It’s important to note that this will not override an ENV variable that already exists.

Example:

hasura console --envfile production.env

The above command will read ENV vars from the production.env file present at the project root directory.

Supported from

.env file is supported in versions v1.2.0 and above.

Note

Precedence order is flag > ENV vars > .env file values > configuration file values > default.