cockroach nodelocal upload

The cockroach nodelocal upload 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.

The source file is only uploaded to one node, not all of the nodes.

CockroachDB now supports uploading files to a using a SQL connection. We recommend using userfile instead of nodelocal, as it is user-scoped and more secure.

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 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

Flag	Description
--certs-dir	The path to the containing the CA and client certificates and client key. Env Variable:COCKROACH\_CERTS\_DIR Default:${HOME}/.cockroach-certs/
--echo-sql	Reveal the SQL statements sent implicitly by the command-line utility.
--host	The server host and port number to connect to. This can be the address of any node in the cluster. Env Variable:COCKROACH\_HOST Default:localhost:26257
--insecure	Use an insecure connection. Env Variable:COCKROACH\_INSECURE Default:false
--url	A to use instead of the other arguments. Env Variable:COCKROACH\_URL Default: no URL
--user -u	The that will own the client session. Env Variable:COCKROACH\_USER Default:root

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 or 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 or data.

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