Command Reference

Complete reference for all easy-db-lab commands.

Global Options

Option Description
--help, -h Shows help information
--vpc-id Reconstruct state from existing VPC (requires ClusterId tag)
--force Force state reconstruction even if state.json exists

Setup Commands

setup-profile

Set up user profile interactively.

easy-db-lab setup-profile

Aliases: setup

Guides you through:

show-iam-policies

Display IAM policies with your account ID populated.

easy-db-lab show-iam-policies [policy-name]

Aliases: sip

Argument Description
policy-name Optional filter: ec2, iam, or emr

build-image

Build both base and Cassandra AMI images.

easy-db-lab build-image [options]
Option Description Default
--arch CPU architecture (AMD64, ARM64) AMD64
--region AWS region (from profile)

Cluster Lifecycle Commands

init

Initialize a directory for easy-db-lab.

easy-db-lab init [cluster-name] [options]
Option Description Default
--db, --cassandra, -c Number of Cassandra instances 3
--app, --stress, -s Number of stress instances 0
--instance, -i Cassandra instance type r3.2xlarge
--stress-instance, -si Stress instance type c7i.2xlarge
--azs, -z Availability zones (e.g., a,b,c) all
--arch, -a CPU architecture (AMD64, ARM64) AMD64
--ebs.type EBS volume type (NONE, gp2, gp3, io1, io2) NONE
--ebs.size EBS volume size in GB 256
--ebs.iops EBS IOPS (gp3 only) 0
--ebs.throughput EBS throughput (gp3 only) 0
--ebs.optimized Enable EBS optimization false
--until When instances can be deleted tomorrow
--ami Override AMI ID (auto-detected)
--open Unrestricted SSH access false
--tag Custom tags (key=value, repeatable) -
--vpc Use existing VPC ID -
--up Auto-provision after init false
--clean Remove existing config first false

up

Provision AWS infrastructure.

easy-db-lab up [options]
Option Description
--no-setup, -n Skip K3s setup and AxonOps configuration

Creates: S3 bucket, VPC, EC2 instances, K3s cluster.

down

Shut down AWS infrastructure.

easy-db-lab down [vpc-id] [options]
Argument Description
vpc-id Optional: specific VPC to tear down
Option Description
--all Tear down all VPCs tagged with easy_cass_lab
--packer Tear down the packer infrastructure VPC

clean

Clean up generated files from the current directory.

easy-db-lab clean

hosts

List all hosts in the cluster.

easy-db-lab hosts

status

Display full environment status.

easy-db-lab status

Cassandra Commands

All Cassandra commands are available under the cassandra subcommand group.

cassandra use

Select a Cassandra version.

easy-db-lab cassandra use <version> [options]
Option Description
--java Java version to use
--hosts Filter to specific hosts

Versions: 3.0, 3.11, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.0-HEAD, trunk

cassandra write-config

Generate a new configuration patch file.

easy-db-lab cassandra write-config [filename] [options]

Aliases: wc

Option Description Default
-t, --tokens Number of tokens 4

cassandra update-config

Apply configuration patch to all nodes.

easy-db-lab cassandra update-config [options]

Aliases: uc

Option Description
--restart, -r Restart Cassandra after applying
--hosts Filter to specific hosts

cassandra download-config

Download configuration files from nodes.

easy-db-lab cassandra download-config [options]

Aliases: dc

Option Description
--version Version to download config for

cassandra start

Start Cassandra on all nodes.

easy-db-lab cassandra start [options]
Option Description Default
--sleep Time between starts in seconds 120
--hosts Filter to specific hosts -

cassandra stop

Stop Cassandra on all nodes.

easy-db-lab cassandra stop [options]
Option Description
--hosts Filter to specific hosts

cassandra restart

Restart Cassandra on all nodes.

easy-db-lab cassandra restart [options]
Option Description
--hosts Filter to specific hosts

cassandra list

List available Cassandra versions.

easy-db-lab cassandra list

Aliases: ls


Cassandra Stress Commands

Stress testing commands under cassandra stress.

cassandra stress start

Start a stress job on Kubernetes.

easy-db-lab cassandra stress start [options]

Aliases: run

cassandra stress stop

Stop and delete stress jobs.

easy-db-lab cassandra stress stop [options]

cassandra stress status

Check status of stress jobs.

easy-db-lab cassandra stress status

cassandra stress logs

View logs from stress jobs.

easy-db-lab cassandra stress logs [options]

cassandra stress list

List available workloads.

easy-db-lab cassandra stress list

cassandra stress fields

List available field generators.

easy-db-lab cassandra stress fields

cassandra stress info

Show information about a workload.

easy-db-lab cassandra stress info <workload>

Utility Commands

exec

Execute a shell command on remote hosts.

easy-db-lab exec <command> [options]
Option Description
--hosts Filter to specific hosts

ip

Get IP address for a host by alias.

easy-db-lab ip <alias>

version

Display the easy-db-lab version.

easy-db-lab version

repl

Start interactive REPL.

easy-db-lab repl

server

Start the MCP server for Claude Code integration.

easy-db-lab server

See MCP Server Integration for details.


Kubernetes Commands

k8 apply

Apply observability stack to K8s cluster.

easy-db-lab k8 apply

ClickHouse Commands

clickhouse start

Deploy ClickHouse cluster to K8s.

easy-db-lab clickhouse start [options]

clickhouse stop

Stop and remove ClickHouse cluster.

easy-db-lab clickhouse stop

clickhouse status

Check ClickHouse cluster status.

easy-db-lab clickhouse status

Spark Commands

spark submit

Submit Spark job to EMR cluster.

easy-db-lab spark submit [options]

spark status

Check status of a Spark job.

easy-db-lab spark status [options]

spark jobs

List recent Spark jobs on the cluster.

easy-db-lab spark jobs

spark logs

Download EMR logs from S3.

easy-db-lab spark logs [options]

OpenSearch Commands

opensearch start

Create an AWS OpenSearch domain.

easy-db-lab opensearch start [options]

opensearch stop

Delete the OpenSearch domain.

easy-db-lab opensearch stop

opensearch status

Check OpenSearch domain status.

easy-db-lab opensearch status

AWS Commands

aws vpcs

List all easy-db-lab VPCs.

easy-db-lab aws vpcs