EDB Postgres Distributed Command Line Interface (PGD CLI)#

The EDB Postgres Distributed Command Line Interface (PGD CLI) is a tool for managing your EDB Postgres Distributed cluster. It’s the key tool for inspecting and managing cluster resources.

It allows you to run commands against EDB Postgres Distributed clusters to:

Determine the health of the cluster, inspect the cluster’s configuration, and manage the cluster’s resources.
Inspect and manage the cluster’s nodes, groups, and proxies.
Perform switchover operations on the write leaders of groups.

PGD CLI is installed automatically on systems in a TPA-deployed PGD cluster.

You can also install it manually on Linux and macOS systems that can connect to a PGD cluster, including:

EDB BigAnimal distributed high-availability clusters.
PGD clusters deployed using the EDB PGD for Kubernetes operator.
Manually deployed PGD clusters.
TPA-deployed PGD clusters.

Installing PGD CLI
Using PGD CLI
Configuring PGD CLI
- PGD CLI and database connection strings
- Configuring the database to connect to
  - Using database connection strings in the command line
  - Using a configuration file
Discovering connection strings
- PGD CLI and database connection strings
- Getting your database connection string
Command reference