cockroach nodelocal upload

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New in v20.1: The cockroach nodelocal upload command uploads a file to the external IO directory on a node's (the gateway node, by default) local file system.

This command takes in a source file to upload and a destination filename. It will then use a SQL connection to upload the file to the node's local file system, at externalIODir/destination/filename.

Required privileges

Only members of the admin role can run cockroach nodelocal upload. By default, the root user belongs to the admin role.

Considerations

The --external-io flag on the node you're uploading to cannot be set to disabled.

Synopsis

Upload a file:

$ cockroach nodelocal upload <location/of/file> <destination/of/file> [flags]

View help:

$ cockroach nodelocal upload --help

Flags

Examples

Upload a file

To upload a file to the default node (i.e., the gateway node):

$ cockroach nodelocal upload ./grants.csv test/grants.csv --certs-dir=certs

successfully uploaded to nodelocal://1/test/grants.csv

Then, you can use the file to IMPORT or IMPORT INTO data.

Upload a file to a specific node

To upload a file to a specific node (e.g., node 2), use the --host flag:

$ cockroach nodelocal upload ./grants.csv grants.csv --host=localhost:26259 --insecure

successfully uploaded to nodelocal://2/grants.csv

Or, use the --url flag:

$ cockroach nodelocal upload ./grants.csv grants.csv --url=postgresql://root@localhost:26258?sslmode=disable --insecure

successfully uploaded to nodelocal://3/grants.csv

Then, you can use the file to IMPORT or IMPORT INTO data.

See also

• Other Cockroach Commands
• Troubleshooting Overview
• Import Data
• IMPORT
• IMPORT INTO