astro dev object export

Export Airflow objects from a local Airflow environment.

The behavior and format of this command are the same for both Astro and Astro Private Cloud.

Export Airflow variables, connections, and pools from a locally running environment to a local file and format of your choice. By default, the command exports all Airflow objects to the airflow_settings.yaml file in your Astro project.

Usage

After starting your local Airflow environment with astro dev start, run:

astro dev object export

By default, the command exports all variables, connections, and pools as YAML configurations to airflow_settings.yaml.

Options

Option	Description	Possible Values
--compose	Export the Docker Compose file used to start Airflow locally.
--compose-file	The location Docker Compose file to export. The default is compose.yaml.	Any valid filepath
-c,--connections	Export connections to a given local file	“
-e,--env	Location of the file to export Airflow objects to as Astro environment variables. Use this option only with --env-export. The default file path is env.	Any valid filepath
-n,--env-export	Export Airflow objects as Astro environment variables.	“
-p,--pools	Export pools to a given local file	“
-s,--settings-file	Location of the file to export Airflow objects to as YAML configuration. The default file path is airflow_settings.yaml.	Any valid filepath
-v,--variables	Export variables to a given local file	“

Examples

astro dev object export --pools
# Exports only pools from the local Airflow environment to `airflow_settings.yaml`

astro dev object export --env-export --env="myairflowenv.env"
# Exports all Airflow objects from the local Airflow environment as
# Astro variables to a file in the project named `myairflowenv.env`

Related commands

• astro dev object import
• astro deployment variable create
• astro deployment variable update