crdb-dump 0.2.0

A CLI tool to export and import schema definitions and data from CockroachDB in SQL, JSON, YAML, or chunked CSV formats.

crdb-dump

A CLI tool to export and import schema definitions and data from CockroachDB in SQL, JSON, YAML, or chunked CSV formats.

Supports chunking, parallelism, resumability, diffing, manifest checksums, BYTES and UUID types, TLS auth, and dry-run safety.

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🚀 Features

• Export tables, views, sequences, and user-defined types
• Output formats: SQL, JSON, YAML, CSV (with optional gzip)
• Export BYTES as decode('<hex>', 'hex')
• Handles UUIDs, TIMESTAMPS, arrays
• Create per-table schema files or a unified schema file
• Parallel + chunked data export with manifest and row tracking
• Resumable COPY-based data import
• Schema + data dry-run mode
• Schema diffing against previous .sql
• CLI output + logging to logs/
• TLS certs or insecure connection supported
• --print-connection shows full resolved DB URL (safe)

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🔧 Installation

pip install crdb-dump

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🥺 Local Testing

Run an integration test:

./test-local.sh

This performs:

• Schema + data export (with BYTES, UUID)
• Chunked CSV manifest creation
• Dry-run import
• Full schema and data reload

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🗋 Usage

crdb-dump export --db=mydb [options]
crdb-dump load --db=mydb --schema=<.sql> --data-dir=...

🔐 Connection Options

export CRDB_URL="cockroachdb://root@localhost:26257/defaultdb?sslmode=disable"

or use flags:

--db mydb --host localhost --certs-dir ~/certs

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🏠 Export Options

crdb-dump export --db=mydb --data --data-format=csv --chunk-size=1000

Option	Description
--data	Enable data export
--data-format	csv or sql output
--data-compress	Output .csv.gz instead
--chunk-size	Split into fixed-row chunks
--per-table	Write per-table files
--data-order	Order rows (e.g., by id)
--data-order-desc	Order descending
--data-parallel	Export tables in parallel
--verify	Check manifest SHA256s
--print-connection	Show resolved DB connection URL
--archive	Create .tar.gz from exported folder

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🛬 Load Options

crdb-dump load \
  --db=mydb \
  --schema=defaultdb_schema.sql \
  --data-dir=export/defaultdb \
  --resume-log=resume.json \
  --print-connection \
  --dry-run

Option	Description
--schema	Load schema from .sql file
--data-dir	Path containing chunked CSVs and manifests
--resume-log	Resume tracking file for chunked load
--dry-run	Don't execute, just print plan
--include-tables	Restrict to specific table names
--exclude-tables	Skip specific table names
--print-connection	Print resolved CockroachDB connection

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📂 Output Structure

By default, output is stored under:

crdb_dump_output/<db_name>/
├── defaultdb_schema.sql
├── table_users.sql
├── users_chunk_001.csv
├── users.manifest.json
├── logins_chunk_001.csv
├── logins.manifest.json

All logs go to:

logs/crdb_dump.log

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📄 Example: Full Export + Verify + Import

crdb-dump export \
  --db=defaultdb \
  --data \
  --data-format=csv \
  --chunk-size=1000 \
  --per-table \
  --verify \
  --archive \
  --print-connection

crdb-dump load \
  --db=defaultdb \
  --schema=crdb_dump_output/defaultdb/defaultdb_schema.sql \
  --data-dir=crdb_dump_output/defaultdb \
  --resume-log=resume.json \
  --print-connection

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🔍 Schema Diffing

crdb-dump export \
  --db=defaultdb \
  --diff=previous_schema.sql

This prints a unified diff and writes to:

crdb_dump_output/<db_name>/<db_name>_schema.diff

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🤖 Test Coverage

• pytest -m unit – runs fast unit tests
• pytest -m integration – full Docker-based test
• ./test-local.sh – end-to-end data roundtrip

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🛠️ Developer Notes

• Configured via pyproject.toml (PEP 621)
• Click-based CLI
• Tested with CRDB v25.2
• CI runs all tests via GitHub Actions and Docker

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👤 Author

Created by Virag Tripathi MIT License