crdb-schema-exporter 0.1.1

A CLI utility to export CockroachDB schemas in SQL, JSON, or YAML formats.

CRDB Schema Exporter

A CLI tool to export schema definitions (DDL) from CockroachDB into SQL, JSON, or YAML formats. Supports secure TLS connections, per-table output, schema diffing, and archive packaging.

Features

• Export tables, views, sequences, and user-defined types
• Output formats: SQL, JSON, YAML
• Optional: per-object files
• Optional: output archive (.tar.gz)
• Optional: schema diff
• Secure connection with TLS certificates

Installation

Install from source:

pip install .

Build and install from source distribution:

python -m build
pip install dist/crdb_schema_exporter-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl

Install from PyPI:

pip install crdb-schema-exporter

⚠️ Note: You must install the CockroachDB dialect:

pip install sqlalchemy-cockroachdb

Usage

crdb-schema-exporter --db=mydb --host=localhost [options]

Options

• --db (required) – CockroachDB database name
• --host – CRDB host (default: localhost)
• --certs-dir – Path to TLS certificate directory
• --tables – Comma-separated list of tables (db.table1,db.table2,...)
• --per-table – Output individual files per object
• --format – Output format: sql (default), json, yaml
• --archive – Package output directory into a .tar.gz file
• --diff – Compare exported schema against another SQL file
• --parallel – Enable parallel exports
• --verbose – Enable detailed debug logging
• --log-dir – Directory to store log files (default: logs/)

Output

By default, exported schema files are saved under:

crdb_schema_dumps/<db_name>/

For example:

crdb_schema_dumps/movr/movr_schema.sql

Example

crdb-schema-exporter --db=movr --per-table --format=yaml --archive --verbose