Commands
Below is a list of Garden CLI commands and usage information.
The commands should be run in a Garden project, and are always scoped to that project.
Note: You can get a list of commands in the CLI by running garden -h/--help,
and detailed help for each command using garden <command> -h/--help
The Outputs sections show the output structure when running the command with --output yaml. The same structure is used when --output json is used and when querying through the REST API, but in JSON format.
Global options
The following option flags can be used with any of the CLI commands:
--root
path
Override project root directory (defaults to working directory). Can be absolute or relative to current directory.
--env
string
The environment (and optionally namespace) to work against.
--force-refresh
boolean
Force refresh of any caches, e.g. cached provider statuses.
--var
array:string
Set a specific variable value, using the format <key>=<value>, e.g. `--var some-key=custom-value`. This will override any value set in your project configuration. You can specify multiple variables by separating with a comma, e.g. `--var key-a=foo,key-b="value with quotes"`.
--yes
boolean
Automatically approve any yes/no prompts during execution, and allow running protected commands against production environments.
--silent
boolean
Suppress log output. Same as setting --logger-type=quiet.
--offline
boolean
Use the --offline option when you can't log in right now. Some features won't be available in offline mode.
--logger-type
quiet default basic json ink
Set logger type. default The default Garden logger, basic: [DEPRECATED] An alias for "default". json: Renders log lines as JSON. quiet: Suppresses all log output, same as --silent.
--log-level
error warn info verbose debug silly 0 1 2 3 4 5
Set logger level. Values can be either string or numeric and are prioritized from 0 to 5 (highest to lowest) as follows: error: 0, warn: 1, info: 2, verbose: 3, debug: 4, silly: 5. From the verbose log level onward action execution logs are also printed (e.g. test or run live log outputs).
--output
json yaml
Output command result in the specified format. When used, this option disables line-by-line logging, even if the GARDEN_LOGGER_TYPE environment variable is used.
--emoji
boolean
Enable emoji in output (defaults to true if the environment supports it).
--show-timestamps
boolean
Show timestamps with log output. When enabled, Garden will use the basic logger. I.e., log status changes are rendered as new lines instead of being updated in-place.
--version
boolean
Show the current CLI version.
--help
boolean
Show help
garden build
Perform your Builds.
Runs all or specified Builds, taking into account build dependency order. Optionally stays running and automatically builds when sources (or dependencies' sources) change.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
names
No
Specify Builds to run. You may specify multiple names, separated by spaces.
Options
--force
boolean
Force re-build.
--with-dependants
boolean
Also rebuild any Builds that depend on one of the Builds specified as CLI arguments (recursively). Note: This option has no effect unless a list of Build names is specified as CLI arguments (since otherwise, every Build in the project will be performed anyway).
Outputs
garden cloud secrets list
List secrets defined in Garden Cloud.
List all secrets from Garden Cloud. Optionally filter on environment, user IDs, or secret names.
Examples: garden cloud secrets list # list all secrets garden cloud secrets list --filter-envs dev # list all secrets from the dev environment garden cloud secrets list --filter-envs dev --filter-names DB # list all secrets from the dev environment that have 'DB' in their name.
Usage
Options
--filter-envs
array:string
Filter on environment. You may filter on multiple environments by setting this flag multiple times. Accepts glob patterns."
--filter-user-ids
array:string
Filter on user ID. You may filter on multiple user IDs by setting this flag multiple times. Accepts glob patterns.
--filter-names
array:string
Filter on secret name. You may filter on multiple secret names by setting this flag multiple times. Accepts glob patterns.
garden cloud secrets create
Create secrets in Garden Cloud.
Create secrets in Garden Cloud. You can create project wide secrets or optionally scope them to an environment, or an environment and a user.
To scope secrets to a user, you will need the user's ID which you can get from thegarden cloud users list command.
You can optionally read the secrets from a file.
Examples: garden cloud secrets create DB_PASSWORD=my-pwd ACCESS_KEY=my-key # create two secrets garden cloud secrets create ACCESS_KEY=my-key --scope-to-env ci # create a secret and scope it to the ci environment garden cloud secrets create ACCESS_KEY=my-key --scope-to-env ci --scope-to-user 9 # create a secret and scope it to the ci environment and user with ID 9 garden cloud secrets create --from-file /path/to/secrets.txt # create secrets from the key value pairs in the secrets.txt file
Usage
Arguments
secrets
No
The names and values of the secrets to create, separated by '='. You may specify multiple secret name/value pairs, separated by spaces. Note that you can also leave this empty and have Garden read the secrets from file.
Options
--scope-to-user-id
string
Scope the secret to a user with the given ID. User scoped secrets must be scoped to an environment as well.
--scope-to-env
string
Scope the secret to an environment. Note that this does not default to the environment that the command runs in (i.e. the one set via the --env flag) and that you need to set this explicitly if you want to create an environment scoped secret.
--from-file
path
Read the secrets from the file at the given path. The file should have standard "dotenv" format, as defined by dotenv.
garden cloud secrets update
Update secrets in Garden Cloud
Update secrets in Garden Cloud. You can update the secrets by either specifying secret name or secret ID.
By default, the secrets are updated by name instead of secret ID.
When updating by name, only the existing secrets are updated by default.
The missing ones are skipped and reported as errors at the end of the command execution.
This behavior can be customized with the --upsert flag, so the missing secrets will be created.
If you have multiple secrets with same name across different environments and users, specify the environment and the user id using --scope-to-env and --scope-to-user-id flags.
Otherwise, the command will fail with an error.
To update the secrets by their IDs, use the --update-by-id flag.
To get the IDs of the secrets you want to update, run the garden cloud secrets list command.
The --upsert flag has no effect if it's used along with the --update-by-id flag.
Examples: garden cloud secrets update MY_SECRET=foo MY_SECRET_2=bar # update two secret values with the given names. garden cloud secrets update MY_SECRET=foo MY_SECRET_2=bar --upsert # update two secret values with the given names and create new ones if any are missing garden cloud secrets update MY_SECRET=foo MY_SECRET_2=bar --scope-to-env local --scope-to-user-id # update two secret values with the given names for the environment local and specified user id. garden cloud secrets update <ID 1>=foo <ID 2>=bar --update-by-id # update two secret values with the given IDs.
Usage
Arguments
secretNamesOrIds
No
The names and values of the secrets to update, separated by '='. You may specify multiple secret name/value pairs, separated by spaces. You can also pass pairs of secret IDs and values if you use `--update-by-id` flag. Note that you can also leave this empty and have Garden read the secrets from file.
Options
--upsert
boolean
Set this flag to upsert secrets instead of only updating them. It means that the existing secrets will be updated while the missing secrets will be created. This flag works only while updating secrets by name, and has no effect with `--update-by-id` option.
--update-by-id
boolean
Update secret(s) by secret ID(s). By default, the command args are considered to be secret name(s). The `--upsert` flag has no effect with this option.
--from-file
path
Read the secrets from the file at the given path. The file should have standard "dotenv" format, as defined by dotenv.
--scope-to-user-id
string
Update the secret(s) in scope of user with the given user ID. This must be specified if you want to update secrets by name instead of secret ID.
--scope-to-env
string
Update the secret(s) in scope of the specified environment. This must be specified if you want to update secrets by name instead of secret ID.
garden cloud secrets delete
Delete secrets from Garden Cloud.
Delete secrets in Garden Cloud. You will need the IDs of the secrets you want to delete,
which you which you can get from the garden cloud secrets list command.
Examples: garden cloud secrets delete <ID 1> <ID 2> <ID 3> # delete three secrets with the given IDs.
Usage
Arguments
ids
No
The ID(s) of the secrets to delete.
garden cloud users list
List users defined in Garden Cloud.
List all users from Garden Cloud. Optionally filter on group names or user names.
Examples: garden cloud users list # list all users garden cloud users list --filter-names Gordon* # list all the Gordons in Garden Cloud. Useful if you have a lot of Gordons. garden cloud users list --filter-groups devs-* # list all users in groups that with names that start with 'dev-'
Usage
Options
--filter-names
array:string
Filter on user name. You may filter on multiple names by setting this flag multiple times. Accepts glob patterns.
--filter-groups
array:string
Filter on the groups the user belongs to. You may filter on multiple groups by setting this flag multiple times. Accepts glob patterns.
garden cloud users create
Create users in Garden Cloud.
Create users in Garden Cloud and optionally add the users to specific groups.
You can get the group IDs from the garden cloud users list command.
To create a user, you'll need their GitHub or GitLab username, depending on which one is your VCS provider, and the name they should have in Garden Cloud. Note that it must the their GitHub/GitLab username, not their email, as people can have several emails tied to their GitHub/GitLab accounts.
You can optionally read the users from a file. The file must have the format vcs-username="Actual Username". For example:
fatema_m="Fatema M" gordon99="Gordon G"
Examples: garden cloud users create fatema_m="Fatema M" gordon99="Gordon G" # create two users garden cloud users create fatema_m="Fatema M" --add-to-groups 1,2 # create a user and add two groups with IDs 1,2 garden cloud users create --from-file /path/to/users.txt # create users from the key value pairs in the users.txt file
Usage
Arguments
users
No
The VCS usernames and the names of the users to create, separated by '='. You may specify multiple VCS username/name pairs, separated by spaces. Note that you can also leave this empty and have Garden read the users from file.
Options
--add-to-groups
array:string
Add the user to the group with the given ID. You may add the user to multiple groups by setting this flag multiple times.
--from-file
path
Read the users from the file at the given path. The file should have standard "dotenv" format (as defined by dotenv) where the VCS username is the key and the name is the value.
garden cloud users delete
Delete users from Garden Cloud.
Delete users in Garden Cloud. You will need the IDs of the users you want to delete,
which you which you can get from the garden cloud users list command. Use a comma-
separated list to delete multiple users.
Examples: garden cloud users delete <ID 1> <ID 2> <ID 3> # delete three users with the given IDs.
Usage
Arguments
ids
No
The IDs of the users to delete.
garden cloud groups list
List groups defined in Garden Cloud.
List all groups from Garden Cloud. This is useful for getting the group IDs when creating
users via the garden cloud users create command.
Examples: garden cloud groups list # list all groups garden cloud groups list --filter-names dev-* # list all groups that start with 'dev-'
Usage
Options
--filter-names
array:string
Filter on group name. You may filter on multiple names by setting this flag multiple times. Accepts glob patterns.
garden community
Join our community Discord to chat with us!
Opens the Garden Community Discord invite link
Usage
garden config analytics-enabled
Update your preferences regarding analytics.
To help us make Garden better, we collect some analytics data about its usage. We make sure all the data collected is anonymized and stripped of sensitive information. We collect data about which commands are run, what tasks they trigger, which API calls are made to your local Garden server, as well as some info about the environment in which Garden runs.
You will be asked if you want to opt out when running Garden for the first time and you can use this command to update your preferences later.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
enable
No
Enable analytics. Defaults to "true"
garden create project
Create a new Garden project.
Creates a new Garden project configuration. The generated config includes some default values, as well as the schema of the config in the form of commented-out fields. Also creates a default (blank) .gardenignore file in the same path.
Examples:
Usage
Options
--dir
path
Directory to place the project in (defaults to current directory).
--filename
string
Filename to place the project config in (defaults to project.garden.yml).
--interactive
boolean
Set to false to disable interactive prompts.
--name
string
Name of the project (defaults to current directory name).
garden cleanup namespace
Deletes a running namespace.
This will clean up everything deployed in the specified environment, and trigger providers to clear up any other resources
and reset it. When you then run garden deploy after, the namespace will be reconfigured.
This can be useful if you find the namespace to be in an inconsistent state, or need/want to free up resources.
Usage
Options
--dependants-first
boolean
Clean up Deploy(s) (or services if using modules) in reverse dependency order. That is, if service-a has a dependency on service-b, service-a will be deleted before service-b when calling `garden cleanup namespace service-a,service-b --dependants-first`.
When this flag is not used, all services in the project are cleaned up simultaneously.
Outputs
garden cleanup deploy
Cleans up running deployments (or services if using modules).
Cleans up (i.e. un-deploys) the specified actions. Cleans up all deploys/services in the project if no arguments are provided.
Note that this command does not take into account any deploys depending on the cleaned up actions, and might
therefore leave the project in an unstable state. Running garden deploy after will re-deploy anything missing.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
names
No
The name(s) of the deploy(s) (or services if using modules) to delete. You may specify multiple names, separated by spaces.
Options
--dependants-first
boolean
Clean up Deploy(s) (or services if using modules) in reverse dependency order. That is, if service-a has a dependency on service-b, service-a will be deleted before service-b when calling `garden cleanup namespace service-a,service-b --dependants-first`.
When this flag is not used, all services in the project are cleaned up simultaneously.
| --with-dependants | | boolean | Also clean up deployments/services that have dependencies on one of the deployments/services specified as CLI arguments (recursively). When used, this option implies --dependants-first. Note: This option has no effect unless a list of names is specified as CLI arguments (since then, every deploy/service in the project will be deleted).
Outputs
garden deploy
Deploy actions to your environment.
Deploys all or specified Deploy actions, taking into account dependency order. Also performs builds and other dependencies if needed.
Optionally stays running and automatically re-builds and re-deploys if sources (or dependencies' sources) change.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
names
No
The name(s) of the Deploy(s) (or services if using modules) to deploy (skip to deploy everything). You may specify multiple names, separated by spaces.
Options
--force
boolean
Force re-deploy.
--force-build
boolean
Force re-build of build dependencies.
--sync
array:string
The name(s) of the Deploy(s) to deploy with sync enabled.
You may specify multiple names by setting this flag multiple times.
Use * to deploy all supported deployments with sync enabled.
Important: The syncs stay active after the command exits. To stop the syncs, use the `sync stop` command.
| --local-mode | | array:string | [EXPERIMENTAL] The name(s) of Deploy(s) to be started locally with local mode enabled.
You may specify multiple Deploys by setting this flag multiple times. Use * to deploy all Deploys with local mode enabled. When this option is used, the command stays running until explicitly aborted.
This always takes the precedence over sync mode if there are any conflicts, i.e. if the same Deploys are matched with both `--sync` and `--local` options.
| --skip | | array:string | The name(s) of Deploys you'd like to skip.
| --skip-dependencies | | boolean | Skip deploy, test and run dependencies. Build dependencies and runtime output reference dependencies are not skipped. This can be useful e.g. when your stack has already been deployed, and you want to run specific Deploys in sync mode without deploying or running dependencies that may have changed since you last deployed.
| --with-dependants | | boolean | Additionally deploy all deploy actions that are downstream dependants of the action(s) being deployed. This can be useful when you know you need to redeploy dependants.
| --disable-port-forwards | | boolean | Disable automatic port forwarding when running persistently. Note that you can also set GARDEN_DISABLE_PORT_FORWARDS=true in your environment.
| --forward | | boolean | Create port forwards and leave process running after deploying. This is implied if any of --sync / --local or --logs are set.
| --logs | | boolean | Stream logs from the requested Deploy(s) (or services if using modules) during deployment, and leave the log streaming process running after deploying. Note: This option implies the --forward option.
| --timestamps | | boolean | Show timestamps with log output. Should be used with the `--logs` option (has no effect if that option is not used).
| --port | | number | The port number for the server to listen on (defaults to 9777 if available).
Outputs
garden exec
Executes a command (such as an interactive shell) in a running service.
Finds an active container for a deployed Deploy and executes the given command within the container.
Supports interactive shells.
You can specify the command to run as a parameter, or pass it after a -- separator. For commands
with arguments or quoted substrings, use the -- separator.
NOTE: This command may not be supported for all action types. The use of the positional command argument
is deprecated. Use -- followed by your command instead.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
deploy
Yes
The running Deploy action to exec the command in.
command
No
The use of the positional command argument is deprecated. Use `--` followed by your command instead.
Options
--interactive
boolean
Set to false to skip interactive mode and just output the command result
--target
string
Specify name of the target if a Deploy action consists of multiple components. NOTE: This option is only relevant in certain scenarios and will be ignored otherwise. For Kubernetes deploy actions, this is useful if a Deployment includes multiple containers, such as sidecar containers. By default, the container with `kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container` annotation or the first container is picked.
Outputs
garden get graph
Outputs the dependency relationships across the project.
Usage
garden get config
Outputs the full configuration for this project and environment.
Usage
Options
--exclude-disabled
boolean
Exclude disabled action and module configs from output.
--resolve
full partial
Choose level of resolution of config templates. Defaults to full. Specify --resolve=partial to avoid resolving providers.
Outputs
garden get files
List all files from all or specified actions.
This is useful to diagnose issues with ignores, include and exclude for a given action.
Usage
Arguments
keys
No
One or more action keys (e.g. deploy.api), separated by spaces. If omitted, all actions are queried.
Outputs
garden get linked-repos
Outputs a list of all linked remote sources, actions and modules for this project.
Usage
garden get outputs
Resolves and returns the outputs of the project.
Resolves and returns the outputs of the project. If necessary, this may involve deploying services and/or running tasks referenced by the outputs in the project configuration.
Examples:
Usage
Outputs
garden get modules
Outputs all or specified modules.
Outputs all or specified modules. Use with --output=json and jq to extract specific fields.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
modules
No
Specify module(s) to list. You may specify multiple modules, separated by spaces. Skip to return all modules.
Options
--full
boolean
Show the full config for each module, with template strings resolved. Has no effect when the --output option is used.
--exclude-disabled
boolean
Exclude disabled modules from output.
Outputs
garden get status
Outputs the full status of your project/environment and all actions.
Usage
Options
--skip-detail
boolean
Skip plugin specific details. Only applicable when using the --output=json
Outputs
garden get actions
Outputs all or specified actions.
Outputs all or specified actions. Use with --output=json and jq to extract specific fields.
Examples:
garden get actions # list all actions in the project garden get actions --include-state # list all actions in the project with state in output garden get actions --detail # list all actions in project with detailed info garden get actions --kind deploy # only list the actions of kind 'Deploy' garden get actions a b --kind build --sort type # list actions 'a' and 'b' of kind 'Build' sorted by type garden get actions build.a deploy.b # list actions 'build.a' and 'deploy.b' garden get actions --include-state -o=json # get json output
Usage
Arguments
names
No
Specify name(s) of the action(s) to list. You may specify multiple actions, separated by spaces. Skip to return all actions.
Options
--detail
boolean
Show the detailed info for each action, including path, dependencies, dependents, associated module and if the action is disabled.
--include-state
boolean
Include state of action(s) in output.
--sort
name kind type
Sort the actions result by action name, kind or type. By default action results are sorted by name.
--kind
build deploy run test
Choose actions of specific kind only. By default all actions are shown.
Outputs
garden get deploys
Lists the deploy actions defined in your project.
Lists all or specified deploy action(s). Use with --output=json and jq to extract specific fields.
Examples:
garden get deploys # list all deploy actions in the project garden get deploys --include-state # list all deploy actions in the project including action state in output garden get deploys --detail # list all deploy actions in project with detailed info garden get deploys A B --sort type # list only deploy actions A and B sorted by type
Usage
Arguments
names
No
Specify name(s) of the deploy action(s) to list. You may specify multiple actions, separated by spaces. Skip to return all deploy actions.
Options
--detail
boolean
Show the detailed info for each deploy action, including path, dependencies, dependents, associated module and if the deploy action is disabled.
--include-state
boolean
Include state of deploy(s) in output.
--sort
name type
Sort the deploy actions result by action name or type. By default deploy action results are sorted by name.
Outputs
garden get builds
Lists the build actions defined in your project.
Lists all or specified build action(s). Use with --output=json and jq to extract specific fields.
Examples:
garden get builds # list all build actions in the project garden get builds --include-state # list all build actions in the project including action state in output garden get builds --detail # list all build actions in project with detailed info garden get builds A B --sort type # list only build actions A and B sorted by type
Usage
Arguments
names
No
Specify name(s) of the build action(s) to list. You may specify multiple actions, separated by spaces. Skip to return all build actions.
Options
--detail
boolean
Show the detailed info for each build action, including path, dependencies, dependents, associated module and if the build action is disabled.
--include-state
boolean
Include state of build(s) in output.
--sort
name type
Sort the build actions result by action name or type. By default build action results are sorted by name.
Outputs
garden get runs
Lists the run actions defined in your project.
Lists all or specified run action(s). Use with --output=json and jq to extract specific fields.
Examples:
garden get runs # list all run actions in the project garden get runs --include-state # list all run actions in the project including action state in output garden get runs --detail # list all run actions in project with detailed info garden get runs A B --sort type # list only run actions A and B sorted by type
Usage
Arguments
names
No
Specify name(s) of the run action(s) to list. You may specify multiple actions, separated by spaces. Skip to return all run actions.
Options
--detail
boolean
Show the detailed info for each run action, including path, dependencies, dependents, associated module and if the run action is disabled.
--include-state
boolean
Include state of run(s) in output.
--sort
name type
Sort the run actions result by action name or type. By default run action results are sorted by name.
Outputs
garden get tests
Lists the test actions defined in your project.
Lists all or specified test action(s). Use with --output=json and jq to extract specific fields.
Examples:
garden get tests # list all test actions in the project garden get tests --include-state # list all test actions in the project including action state in output garden get tests --detail # list all test actions in project with detailed info garden get tests A B --sort type # list only test actions A and B sorted by type
Usage
Arguments
names
No
Specify name(s) of the test action(s) to list. You may specify multiple actions, separated by spaces. Skip to return all test actions.
Options
--detail
boolean
Show the detailed info for each test action, including path, dependencies, dependents, associated module and if the test action is disabled.
--include-state
boolean
Include state of test(s) in output.
--sort
name type
Sort the test actions result by action name or type. By default test action results are sorted by name.
Outputs
garden get run-result
Outputs the latest result of a run (or task, if using modules).
Usage
Arguments
name
Yes
The name of the run (or task, if using modules)
Outputs
garden get test-result
Outputs the latest execution result of a provided test.
Usage
Arguments
name
Yes
The name of the test. If this test belongs to a module, specify the module name here instead, and specify the test name from the module in the second argument.
moduleTestName
No
When the test belongs to a module, specify its name here (i.e. as the second argument).
Outputs
garden get debug-info
Outputs the status of your environment for debug purposes.
Examples:
garden get debug-info # create a zip file at the root of the project with debug information garden get debug-info --format yaml # output provider info as YAML files (default is JSON) garden get debug-info --include-project # include provider info for the project namespace (disabled by default)
Usage
Options
--format
json yaml
The output format for plugin-generated debug info.
--include-project
boolean
Include project-specific information from configured providers.
Note that this may include sensitive data, depending on the provider and your configuration.
garden get workflows
Lists the workflows defined in your project.
Usage
Arguments
workflows
No
Specify workflow(s) to list. You may specify multiple workflows, separated by spaces.
garden link source
Link a remote source to a local directory.
After linking a remote source, Garden will read it from its local directory instead of
from the remote URL. Garden can only link remote sources that have been declared in the project
level garden.yml config.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
source
Yes
Name of the source to link as declared in the project config.
path
Yes
Path to the local directory that contains the source.
Outputs
garden link action
Link a remote action to a local directory.
After linking a remote action, Garden will read the source from the linked local directory instead of the remote repository. Garden can only link actions that have a remote source, i.e. actions that specify a source.repository.url in their configuration.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
action
Yes
The full key of the action (e.g. deploy.api).
path
Yes
Path to the local directory that contains the action.
Outputs
garden link module
Link a remote module to a local directory.
After linking a remote module, Garden will read the source from the module's local directory instead of from
the remote URL. Garden can only link modules that have a remote source,
i.e. modules that specify a repositoryUrl in their garden.yml config file.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
module
Yes
Name of the module to link.
path
Yes
Path to the local directory that contains the module.
Outputs
garden login
Log in to Garden Cloud.
Logs you in to Garden Cloud. Subsequent commands will have access to cloud features.
Usage
Options
--disable-project-check
boolean
Disables the check that this is run from within a Garden Project. Logs you in to the default Garden Cloud domain
garden logout
Log out of Garden Cloud.
Logs you out of Garden Cloud.
Usage
Options
--disable-project-check
boolean
Disables the check that this is run from within a Garden Project. Logs you out from the default Garden Cloud domain
garden logs
Retrieves the most recent logs for the specified Deploy(s).
Outputs logs for all or specified Deploys, and optionally waits for new logs to come in.
Defaults to getting logs from the last minute when in --follow mode. You can change this with the --since or --tail options.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
names
No
The name(s) of the Deploy(s) to log (skip to get logs from all Deploys in the project). You may specify multiple names, separated by spaces.
Options
--tag
array:tag
Only show log lines that match the given tag, e.g. `--tag 'container=foo'`. If you specify multiple filters in a single tag option (e.g. `--tag 'container=foo,someOtherTag=bar'`), they must all be matched. If you provide multiple `--tag` options (e.g. `--tag 'container=api' --tag 'container=frontend'`), they will be OR-ed together (i.e. if any of them match, the log line will be included). You can specify glob-style wildcards, e.g. `--tag 'container=prefix-*'`.
--follow
boolean
Continuously stream new logs. When the `--follow` option is set, we default to `--since 1m`.
--tail
number
Number of lines to show for each deployment. Defaults to showing all log lines (up to a certain limit). Takes precedence over the `--since` flag if both are set. Note that we don't recommend using a large value here when in follow mode.
--show-tags
boolean
Show any tags attached to each log line. May not apply to all providers
--timestamps
boolean
Show timestamps with log output.
--since
moment
Only show logs newer than a relative duration like 5s, 2m, or 3h. Defaults to `"1m"` when `--follow` is true unless `--tail` is set. Note that we don't recommend using a large value here when in follow mode.
--hide-name
boolean
Hide the action name and render the logs directly.
garden options
Print global options.
Prints all global options (options that can be applied to any command).
Usage
garden plugins
Plugin-specific commands.
Execute a command defined by a plugin in your project. Run without arguments to get a list of all plugin commands available. Run with just the plugin name to get a list of commands provided by that plugin.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
plugin
No
The name of the plugin, whose command you wish to run.
command
No
The name of the command to run.
garden publish
Build and publish artifacts (e.g. container images) to a remote registry.
Publishes built artifacts for all or specified builds. Also builds dependencies if needed.
By default the artifacts/images are tagged with the Garden action version,
but you can also specify the --tag option to specify a specific string tag or a templated tag.
Any template values that can be used on the build being tagged are available,
in addition to ${build.name}, ${build.version} and ${build.hash}
tags that allows referencing the name of the build being tagged, as well as its Garden version.
${build.version} includes the "v-" prefix normally used for Garden versions, ${build.hash} doesn't.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
names
No
The name(s) of the builds (or modules) to publish (skip to publish every build). You may specify multiple names, separated by spaces.
Options
--force-build
boolean
Force rebuild before publishing.
--tag
string
Override the tag on the built artifacts. You can use the same sorts of template strings as when templating values in configs, with the addition of ${build.*} tags, allowing you to reference the name and Garden version of the module being tagged.
Outputs
garden run
Perform one or more Run actions
This is useful for any ad-hoc Runs, for example database migrations, or when developing.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
names
No
The name(s) of the Run action(s) to perform. You may specify multiple names, separated by spaces. Accepts glob patterns (e.g. init* would run both 'init' and 'initialize').
Options
--force
boolean
Run even if the action is disabled for the environment, and/or a successful result is found in cache.
--force-build
boolean
Force re-build of Build dependencies before running.
--module
array:string
The name(s) of one or modules to pull Runs (or tasks if using modules) from. If both this and Run names are specified, the Run names filter the tasks found in the specified modules.
--skip
array:string
The name(s) of Runs you'd like to skip. Accepts glob patterns (e.g. init* would skip both 'init' and 'initialize').
--skip-dependencies
boolean
Don't perform any Deploy or Run actions that the requested Runs depend on.
This can be useful e.g. when your stack has already been deployed, and you want to run Tests with runtime
dependencies without redeploying any Deploy (or service if using modules) dependencies that may have changed since you last deployed.
Warning: Take great care when using this option in CI, since Garden won't ensure that the runtime dependencies of your test suites are up to date when this option is used.
Outputs
garden workflow
Run a Workflow.
Runs the commands and/or scripts defined in the workflow's steps, in sequence.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
workflow
Yes
The name of the workflow to be run.
garden self-update
Update the Garden CLI.
Updates your Garden CLI in-place.
Defaults to the latest minor release version, but you can also request a specific release version as an argument.
Examples:
garden self-update # update to the latest minor Garden CLI version garden self-update edge-acorn # switch to the latest edge build of garden 0.12 (which is created anytime a PR is merged to the 0.12 branch) garden self-update edge-bonsai # switch to the latest edge build of garden Bonsai (0.13) (which is created anytime a PR is merged to main) garden self-update 0.12.24 # switch to the exact version 0.12.24 of the CLI garden self-update --major # install the latest version, even if it's a major bump garden self-update --force # re-install even if the same version is detected garden self-update --install-dir ~/garden # install to ~/garden instead of detecting the directory
Usage
Arguments
version
No
Specify which version to switch/update to. It can be either a stable release, a pre-release, or an edge release version.
Options
--force
boolean
Install the Garden CLI even if the specified or detected latest version is the same as the current version.
--install-dir
string
Specify an installation directory, instead of using the directory of the Garden CLI being used. Implies --force.
--platform
macos linux alpine windows
Override the platform, instead of detecting it automatically.
--architecture
arm64 amd64
Override the architecture, instead of detecting it automatically.
--major
boolean
Install the latest major version of Garden. Falls back to the current version if the greater major version does not exist.
Note! If you use a non-stable version (i.e. pre-release, or draft, or edge), then the latest possible major version will be installed.
garden sync start
Start any configured syncs to the given Deploy action(s).
Start a sync between your local project directory and one or more Deploys.
Examples: # start syncing to the 'api' Deploy, fail if it's not already deployed in sync mode garden sync start api
Usage
Arguments
names
No
The name(s) of one or more Deploy(s) (or services if using modules) to sync. You may specify multiple names, separated by spaces. To start all possible syncs, specify '*' as an argument.
Options
--deploy
boolean
Deploy the specified actions, if they're out of date and/or not deployed in sync mode.
--with-dependencies
boolean
When deploying actions, also include any runtime dependencies. Ignored if --deploy is not set.
--monitor
boolean
Keep the process running and print sync status logs after starting them.
garden sync stop
Stop any active syncs to the given Deploy action(s).
Stops one or more active syncs.
Examples: # stop syncing to the 'api' Deploy garden sync stop api
Usage
Arguments
names
No
The name(s) of one or more Deploy(s) (or services if using modules) to sync. You may specify multiple names, separated by spaces. To start all possible syncs, run the command with no arguments.
garden sync restart
Restart any active syncs to the given Deploy action(s).
Restarts one or more active syncs.
Examples: # Restart syncing to the 'api' Deploy garden sync restart api
Usage
Arguments
names
Yes
The name(s) of one or more Deploy(s) (or services if using modules) whose syncs you want to restart. You may specify multiple names, separated by spaces. To restart all possible syncs, specify '*' as an argument.
garden sync status
Get sync statuses.
Get the current status of the configured syncs for this project.
Examples: # get all sync statuses garden sync status
Usage
Arguments
names
No
The name(s) of the Deploy(s) to get the sync status for (skip to get status from all Deploys in the project). You may specify multiple names, separated by space.
Options
--skip-detail
boolean
Skip plugin specific sync details. Only applicable when using the --output=json
garden test
Run all or specified Test actions in the project.
Runs all or specified Tests defined in the project. Also run builds and other dependencies, including Deploys if needed.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
names
No
The name(s) of the Test action(s) to test (skip to run all tests in the project). You may specify multiple test names, separated by spaces. Accepts glob patterns (e.g. integ* would run both 'integ' and 'integration').
Options
--name
array:string
DEPRECATED: This option will be removed in 0.14. Please use a positional argument "<module name>-<test name>" or "*-<test name>" instead of of "--name".
This option can be used to run all tests with the specified name (e.g. unit or integ) in declared in any module.
Note: Since 0.13, using the --name option is equivalent to using the positional argument "*-<test name>". This means that new tests declared using the new Action kinds will also be executed if their name matches this pattern.
Accepts glob patterns (e.g. integ* would run both 'integ' and 'integration').
--force
boolean
Force re-run of Test, even if a successful result is found in cache.
--force-build
boolean
Force rebuild of any Build dependencies encountered.
--interactive
boolean
Run the specified Test in interactive mode (i.e. to allow attaching to a shell). A single test must be selected, otherwise an error is thrown.
--module
array:string
The name(s) of one or modules to run tests from. If both this and test names are specified, the test names filter the tests found in the specified modules.
--skip
array:string
The name(s) of tests you'd like to skip. Accepts glob patterns (e.g. integ* would skip both 'integ' and 'integration'). Applied after the 'name' filter.
--skip-dependencies
boolean
Don't deploy any Deploys (or services if using modules) or run any Run actions (or tasks if using modules) that the requested tests depend on. This can be useful e.g. when your stack has already been deployed, and you want to run Tests with runtime dependencies without redeploying any Deploy (or service) dependencies that may have changed since you last deployed. Warning: Take great care when using this option in CI, since Garden won't ensure that the runtime dependencies of your test suites are up to date when this option is used.
Outputs
garden tools
Access tools included by providers.
Run a tool defined by a provider in your project, downloading and extracting it if necessary. Run without arguments to get a list of all tools available.
Run with the --get-path flag to just print the path to the binary or library directory (depending on the tool type). If the tool is a non-executable library, this flag is implicit.
When multiple plugins provide a tool with the same name, you can choose a specific plugin/version by specifying ., instead of just . This is generally advisable when using this command in scripts, to avoid accidental conflicts.
When there are name conflicts and a plugin name is not specified, we first prefer tools defined by configured providers in the current project (if applicable), and then alphabetical by plugin name.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
tool
No
The name of the tool to run.
Options
--get-path
boolean
If specified, we print the path to the binary or library instead of running it.
garden unlink source
Unlink a previously linked remote source from its local directory.
After unlinking a remote source, Garden will go back to reading it from its remote URL instead of its local directory.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
sources
No
The name(s) of the source(s) to unlink. You may specify multiple sources, separated by spaces.
Options
--all
boolean
Unlink all sources.
garden unlink action
Unlink a previously linked remote action from its local directory.
After unlinking a remote action, Garden will go back to reading the action's source from its remote repository instead of its local directory.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
actions
No
The name(s) of the action(s) to unlink. You may specify multiple actions, separated by spaces.
Options
--all
boolean
Unlink all actions.
garden unlink module
Unlink a previously linked remote module from its local directory.
After unlinking a remote module, Garden will go back to reading the module's source from its remote URL instead of its local directory.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
modules
No
The name(s) of the module(s) to unlink. You may specify multiple modules, separated by spaces.
Options
--all
boolean
Unlink all modules.
garden up
Spin up your stack with the dev console and streaming logs.
Spin up your stack with the dev console and streaming logs.
This is basically an alias for garden dev --cmd 'deploy --logs', but you can add any arguments and flags supported by the deploy command as well.
Usage
garden update-remote sources
Update remote sources.
Updates the remote sources declared in the project level garden.yml config file.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
sources
No
The name(s) of the remote source(s) to update. You may specify multiple sources, separated by spaces.
Options
--parallel
boolean
Allow git updates to happen in parallel. This will automatically reject any Git prompt, such as username / password.
Outputs
garden update-remote actions
Update remote actions.
Updates remote actions, i.e. actions that have a source.repository.url field set in their config that points to a remote repository.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
actions
No
The name(s) of the remote action(s) to update. You may specify multiple actions, separated by spaces.
Options
--parallel
boolean
Allow git updates to happen in parallel. This will automatically reject any Git prompt, such as username / password.
Outputs
garden update-remote modules
Update remote modules.
Updates remote modules, i.e. modules that have a repositoryUrl field
in their garden.yml config that points to a remote repository.
Examples:
Usage
Arguments
modules
No
The name(s) of the remote module(s) to update. You may specify multiple modules, separated by spaces.
Options
--parallel
boolean
Allow git updates to happen in parallel. This will automatically reject any Git prompt, such as username / password.
Outputs
garden update-remote all
Update all remote sources, actions and modules.
Examples:
Usage
Options
--parallel
boolean
Allow git updates to happen in parallel. This will automatically reject any Git prompt, such as username / password.
Outputs
garden util fetch-tools
Pre-fetch plugin tools.
Pre-fetch all the available tools for the configured providers in the current project/environment, or all registered providers if the --all parameter is specified.
Examples:
Usage
Options
--all
boolean
Fetch all tools for registered plugins, instead of just ones in the current env/project.
garden util hide-warning
Hide a specific warning message.
Hides the specified warning message. The command and key is generally provided along with displayed warning messages.
Usage
Arguments
key
Yes
The key of the warning to hide (this will be shown along with relevant warning messages).
garden util mutagen
Run any Mutagen CLI command in the context of the current project.
The Mutagen tool is used for various functions in Garden, most notably syncs (formerly "dev mode") to containers. When experiencing issues with synchronization, it may be helpful to use the Mutagen CLI directly to troubleshoot or gather more information.
This command simply runs the Mutagen CLI with environment variables appropriately set to interact with the syncs created in the context of this project. All arguments and flags are passed directly to Mutagen.
Examples:
Usage
garden util profile-project
Renders a high-level summary of actions and modules in your project.
Useful for diagnosing slow init performance for projects with lots of actions and modules and/or lots of files.
Usage
garden validate
Check your garden configuration for errors.
Throws an error and exits with code 1 if something's not right in your garden config files.
Examples:
Usage
Options
--resolve
array:string
Fully resolve a specific action, including references to runtime outputs from other actions. Actions should be specified as `<kind>.<name>` (e.g. `deploy.my-service` or `build.my-image`). This option can be specified multiple times to fully resolve multiple actions. Use * to fully resolve all actions. Note that this may result in actions being executed during validation (e.g. if a runtime output is referenced by another action, it will be executed in order to fully resolve the config). In such cases, we recommend not using this option.
garden version
Shows the current garden version.
Usage
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