
Manual for confluentdbutil
- confluentdbutil(8)
- confluentdbutil(8)
NAME
confluentdbutil
- Backup or restore confluent database
SYNOPSIS
confluentdbutil [options] [dump|restore] <path>
DESCRIPTION
confluentdbutil is a utility to export/import the confluent attributes to/from json files. The path is a directory that holds the json version. In order to perform restore, the confluent service must not be running. It is required to indicate how to treat the usernames/passwords are treated in the json files (password protected, removed from the files, or unprotected).
OPTIONS
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-p PASSWORD
,--password=PASSWORD
: If specified, information such as usernames and passwords will be encrypted using the given password. -
-i
,--interactivepassword
: Prompt for password. -
-r
,--redact
: Indicates to replace usernames and passwords with a dummy string rather than included. -
-u
,--unprotected
: The keys.json file will include the encryption keys without any protection. -
-s
,--skipkeys
: This specifies to dump the encrypted data without dumping the keys needed to decrypt it. This is suitable for an automated incremental backup, where an earlier password protected dump has a protected keys.json file, and only the protected data is needed. keys do not change and as such they do not require incremental backup. -
-y
, `--yaml Use YAML instead of JSON as file format-
-h
,--help
- Show help message and exit
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- March 2025
- confluentdbutil(8)