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add-endpoint

Add a connection endpoint for Fauna.

Syntax

fauna add-endpoint ENDPOINT_URL [OPTIONS]

Description

The add-endpoint command adds a connection ENDPOINT_URL for Fauna to the fauna-shell configuration file. If you don’t specify a key or alias, fauna-shell prompts you for them and then writes them to the fauna-shell configuration file.

For most cases, use the cloud-login command instead of add-endpoint. cloud-login guides you through selecting the correct Region Group to connect to. If you want to connect to the Fauna Preview environment, or another non-standard endpoint, continue to use add-endpoint.

Arguments

Argument Description

ENDPOINT_URL

The URL of the endpoint that you want to add.

fauna-shell identifies the URL scheme, domain, and port, and includes those values in the new endpoint entry that it creates in the configuration file.

Options

Option Description

--alias=<endpoint alias>

Optional endpoint alias, a name that identifies a particular endpoint.

--key=<secret>

Optional secret associated with a database at the endpoint. This secret provides the authentication to run queries in Fauna.

--domain=<domain>

Optional Fauna server domain, that is, the hostname where Fauna is running. Defaults to db.fauna.com.

--endpoint=<name>

Optional name of the endpoint to use for the command.

--port=<number>

Optional connection port. Defaults to 8443.

--scheme=<scheme>

Optional connection scheme. Must be one of https or http. Defaults to https.

--secret=<secret>

Optional secret to use. A secret authenticates your connection to Fauna, and connects you to a database.

--timeout=<integer>

Optional connection timeout, an integer number of milliseconds. When the interval has elapsed, fauna-shell stops waiting for a response and displays an error.

The default is zero, which means that fauna-shell waits until a response is received.

Examples

The following example demonstrates adding a new endpoint. Because the --alias and --key options were not given, fauna-shell prompts you for them:

$ fauna add-endpoint https://db.fauna.com:8443
Endpoint Key: ******
Endpoint Alias [db.fauna.com]: db2
Endpoint 'db2' saved.

When the fauna-shell configuration file does not exist, running fauna add-endpoint creates the configuration file. The configuration file should resemble:

default=db2

[db2]
domain=private.example
port=8443
scheme=https
secret=MY_ORGANIZATION_SECRET

When you run the add-endpoint command again, the new endpoint is added to the configuration file:

$ fauna add-endpoint http://localhost:8443/ --alias=localhost --key=secret
Endpoint 'localhost' saved.
default=db2

[db2]
domain=private.example
port=8443
scheme=https
secret=MY_ORGANIZATION_SECRET

[localhost]
domain=127.0.0.1
port=8443
scheme=http
secret=secret

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