CLI Reference

The bak executable is the primary interface for Bakend projects.

Commands

Command	Description	Status
`bak init [name]`	Create a new Bakend project	Implemented
`bak start [--config <path>] [--watch]`	Start the Bakend server	Implemented
`bak dev [--config <path>]`	Start with function hot reload	Implemented
`bak version`	Print Bakend version	Implemented
`bak functions list`	List registered function triggers	Implemented
`bak jobs list`	List registered jobs	Implemented
`bak jobs runs <name>`	Show recent runs for a job	Implemented
`bak migrate status`	Diff `collections/*.json` vs database	Implemented
`bak migrate apply`	Apply collection JSON files to database	Implemented
`bak migrate export`	Export database schemas to JSON files	Implemented
`bak backup create [--output <path>]`	Backup database and storage	Implemented
`bak backup restore <archive> [--force]`	Restore from backup archive	Implemented
`bak storage prune`	Remove orphan files not referenced by records	Implemented

bak init myapp
cd myapp
bak start

bak migrate status
bak migrate apply
bak migrate export

bak backup create --output ./backups/latest.tar.gz

bak functions list
bak jobs list
bak jobs runs heartbeat

bak version
bak start --config bakend.json

See docs/user-guide/deployment.md for VPS, Docker, and systemd setup.

Default config file: bakend.json beside your project data.

Paths in config are resolved relative to the config file directory.

Log levels: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR