CLI

The Cube.js command line interface (CLI) is used for various Cube.js workflows. It could help you in areas such as:

• Creating a new Cube.js service;
• Generating a schema based on your database tables;

Quickstart

Once installed, run the following command to create new Cube.js service

$ npx cubejs-cli create <project name> -d <database type>

specifying the project name and your database using -d flag. Available options:

• postgres
• mysql
• mongobi
• athena
• redshift
• bigquery
• mssql
• clickhouse
• snowflake
• presto

For example,

$ npx cubejs-cli create hello-world -d postgres

Once run, the create command will create a new project directory that contains the scaffolding for your new Cube.js project. This includes all the files necessary to spin up the Cube.js backend, example frontend code for displaying the results of Cube.js queries in a React app, and some example schema files to highlight the format of the Cube.js Data Schema layer.

The .env file in this project directory contains placeholders for the relevant database credentials. For MySQL, Redshift, and PostgreSQL, you'll need to fill in the target host, database name, user and password. For Athena, you'll need to specify the AWS access and secret keys with the access necessary to run Athena queries, and the target AWS region and S3 output location where query results are stored.