CLI Command Reference

MDB CLI Command Reference

These are the descriptions for each of the MDB CLI commands. You can also see basic help in your terminal with mdb help.

Usage:

        
            
        mdb [entity] [command] [args] [flags]

        EXAMPLES:
        // login to mdb
        mdb login username 

        // initialize new empty project 
        mdb blank init 

        //publish project 
        mdb publish 
      
        
    

Entities

Available commands

mdb help

Display this help info. Use with entities: <none>, app (default)

        
            
        mdb help
      
        
    

mdb update

Update the mdb-cli package to the latest version.

        
            
          mdb update
        
        
    

mdb version|-v|--version

Check the currently installed version of the mdb-cli package. It will ask you what package manager do you use first.

        
            
          mdb version

          ALIASES
            mdb -v
            mdb --version
        
        
    

mdb register

Create your MDB account. It will ask you to provide your name, username, email and password. You will be automatically logged in.

        
            
          EXAMPLES 
            mdb register
        
        
    

mdb login [OPTIONS]

Log in to the CLI using your MDB account. It will ask you to provide the username and password. If you use --method [provider] flag, it will open a browser window and ask to paste the code displayed on the screen after successful authentication.

        
            
          OPTIONS
            --method    sign in using social media. Possible values: google, facebook, twitter

          EXAMPLES
            mdb login
            mdb login --method google
            mdb login --method facebook
            mdb login --method twitter
        
        
    

mdb logout

Log out from the CLI.

        
            
          EXAMPLES
            mdb logout
        
        
    

mdb [ENTITY] ls

List entity content. Use with entities: <none>, starter, frontend (default), backend, database, wordpress, order
If you use mdb ls without entity it will by default list your frontend projects.
You can use mdb ls -a which will list all projects (fronted, backend, wordpress), databases and orders.

        
            
          EXAMPLES
            mdb backend ls    list all backend projects
            mdb ls            list all frontend projects 
            mdb ls -a         list all
        
        
    

mdb frontend ls (default)

lists your frontend projects. MDBGO supports seamlessly frontend projects built in: JavaScript, Vue, React & Angular. (MDBGO also supports backend projects, backend docs below)

        
            
        mdb frontend ls
      
        
    

mdb backend ls

lists your backend projects. MDBGO supports seamlessly backend projects built in: PHP and Node.js. In order to deploy backend project use mdb mdb backend publish --platform

        
            
        mdb backend ls
      
        
    

mdb wordpress ls

lists your wordpress projects.

        
            
        mdb wordpress ls
      
        
    

mdb database ls

lists your databases.

        
            
        mdb database ls
      
        
    

mdb [ENTITY] init [OPTIONS]

Initialize new entity of a kind. Available entities: starter, blank, frontend (default), backend, wordpress, database, repo

        
            
        OPTIONS
          -n, --name    set the name of your project right after initializing it

        EXAMPLES
          mdb init
          mdb init -n my-first-project
          mdb init --blank
      
        
    

mdb frontend init

Initialize frontend project. Displays list of available frontend starters.

        
            
        mdb frontend init
      
        
    

mdb backend init

Initialize backend project. Displays list of available backend starters.

        
            
        mdb backend init
      
        
    

mdb blank init

Initialize blank (empty) project. You can choose either yarn or npm

        
            
        mdb blank init
      
        
    

mdb wordpress init

Initialize Wordpress instance.

        
            
        mdb wordpress init
      
        
    

Note: This command should be run inside [...]/wp-content/themes directory. Once you initialize project inside wp-content/themes folder you can activate theme on your local WordPress instance.

mdb database init

Initialize database. You can choose either SQL (MySQL) or no-SQL (Mongo).

        
            
        mdb database init
      
        
    

mdb repo init

Initialize a repo.

        
            
        mdb repo init
      
        
    

mdb publish [OPTIONS]

Upload your current project to our remote server and access it under similar link: https://mdbgo.io/<username>/<project-name>/.
Use this command to either upload a new project or update the existing project with the latest changes.

You can publish your project in the two ways.

First and recommended is to use MDB Go pipeline. It means that your project will be using GitLab repository and Jenkins job to be deployed on our FTP server. In short, using this option means that your project will have configured CI/CD pipeline with all its advantages. It works like that by default.

Second way is to simply upload your files directly to the FTP server. That way you loose all of the advantages of having CI/CD configured for your project. In order to go that way you need to add --ftp parameter.

Note: In order to deploy backend project you have to use -p flag and provide correct platform. Otherwise mdb will publish your project as static one. Check backend publish docs for list of supported technologies.

        
            
          OPTIONS
            --ftp         do not use MDB Go pipeline. Will upload directly to the remote server surpassing the automated build option
            --test, -t    before publishing, run the "test" script defined in the "package.json" file. If the script returns non-zero exit code, the project will not be published
            --p           specify backend platform 
          EXAMPLES
            mdb publish
            mdb publish -t
            mdb publish --ftp
            mdb publish --ftp -t
            mdb backend publish -p <platform> </platform>
        
        
    

        
            
          mdb publish --ftp   
        
        
    

        
            
          mdb publish --test          publish project as frontend and run tests
          mdb backend publish --test  publish backend project and run tests
        
        
    

        
            
          mdb publish --p node10
          mdb backend publish --p php7.3  
        
        
    

mdb get -n [name]

Clone your project into the local machine.

If your project has repo connected it will download project from git server. Otherwise it will download latest version from FTP.

        
            
          USAGE
            mdb get -n [name]

          EXAMPLES
            mdb get
            mdb get -n my-project-name
        
        
    

mdb [entity] info

Displays info about entity (current status). Use with backend/database.

        
            
          USAGE
            mdb frontend info 
            mdb backend info 
        
        
    

mdb backend info

Lists your backend projects. Once user choose one application from the list, displays information about the app.

        
            
        mdb backend info
      
        
    

mdb database info

Lists your database projects. Once user choose one application from the list, displays information about the app.

        
            
        mdb database info
      
        
    

mdb delete -n [name]

Remove your project from the remote server.

Note
If you are using our MDB Go pipeline, your project will still exist as the GitLab repository. The Jenkins job will also remain untouched. However, if you are not using our CI/CD setup, you will have only your local copy of the project available after running this command.

        
            
          USAGE
            mdb delete -n [name]

          EXAMPLES
            mdb delete
            mdb delete -n my-project-name
        
        
    

mdb kill

Stop a backend project.

        
            
          EXAMPLES
            mdb backend kill 
        
        
    

mdb logs

Display logs of a given backend project.

        
            
          EXAMPLES
            mdb backend logs 
        
        
    

mdb rename -n [name]

Rename the current project both locally and remotely.

Note
This command will change the project name in the package.json file and on the remote server. The local project directory name will remain unchanged.

        
            
          USAGE
            mdb rename -n [name]

          EXAMPLES
            mdb rename
            mdb rename -n new-project-name
        
        
    

mdb config

mdb config command allows you to :

• Add custom domain (mydomain.com) to your project
• Change password to the databse

        
            
          EXAMPLES
            //Update database password
            mdb database config password <new_password>

            // Set domain for a project
            mdb config domain <mydomain.com>
        
        
    

mdb orders

Display the list of your orders on the MDB site.

        
            
          EXAMPLES
            mdb orders
        
        
    

Access via FTP

You can access your projects via FTP protocol. You can use i.e. Filezilla

        
            
          CONFIG
            host: ftp.mdbgo.com 
            username: <your_mdb_username>
            password: <your_mdb_password>
            port: 21