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DbtCLI DbtCLI

yaml
type: "io.kestra.plugin.dbt.cli.DbtCLI"

Execute dbt CLI commands.

Examples

Launch a dbt build command on a sample dbt project hosted on GitHub.

yaml
id: dbt_build
namespace: company.team

tasks:
  - id: dbt
    type: io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.WorkingDirectory
    tasks:
      - id: cloneRepository
        type: io.kestra.plugin.git.Clone
        url: https://github.com/kestra-io/dbt-example
        branch: main

      - id: dbt-build
        type: io.kestra.plugin.dbt.cli.DbtCLI
        containerImage: ghcr.io/kestra-io/dbt-duckdb:latest
        taskRunner:
          type: io.kestra.plugin.scripts.runner.docker.Docker
        commands:
          - dbt build
        profiles: |
          my_dbt_project:
            outputs:
              dev:
                type: duckdb
                path: ":memory:"
            target: dev

Install a custom dbt version and run dbt deps and dbt build commands. Note how you can also configure the memory limit for the Docker runner. This is useful when you see Zombie processes.

yaml
id: dbt_custom_dependencies
namespace: company.team

inputs:
  - id: dbt_version
    type: STRING
    defaults: "dbt-duckdb==1.6.0"

tasks:
  - id: git
    type: io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.WorkingDirectory
    tasks:
      - id: clone_repository
        type: io.kestra.plugin.git.Clone
        url: https://github.com/kestra-io/dbt-example
        branch: main

      - id: dbt
        type: io.kestra.plugin.dbt.cli.DbtCLI
        taskRunner:
          type: io.kestra.plugin.scripts.runner.docker.Docker
          memory:
            memory: 1GB
        containerImage: python:3.11-slim
        beforeCommands:
          - pip install uv
          - uv venv --quiet
          - . .venv/bin/activate --quiet
          - uv pip install --quiet {{ inputs.dbt_version }}
        commands:
          - dbt deps
          - dbt build
        profiles: |
          my_dbt_project:
            outputs:
              dev:
                type: duckdb
                path: ":memory:"
                fixed_retries: 1
                threads: 16
                timeout_seconds: 300
            target: dev

Clone a Git repository and build dbt models. Note that, as the dbt project files are in a separate directory, you need to set the projectDir task property and use --project-dir in each dbt CLI command.

yaml
id: dwh_and_analytics
namespace: company.team

tasks:
  - id: dbt
    type: io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.WorkingDirectory
    tasks:
    - id: clone_repository
      type: io.kestra.plugin.git.Clone
      url: https://github.com/kestra-io/dbt-example
      branch: master

    - id: dbt_build
      type: io.kestra.plugin.dbt.cli.DbtCLI
      taskRunner:
        type: io.kestra.plugin.scripts.runner.docker.Docker
      containerImage: ghcr.io/kestra-io/dbt-duckdb:latest
      commands:
        - dbt deps --project-dir dbt --target prod
        - dbt build --project-dir dbt --target prod
      projectDir: dbt
      profiles: |
        my_dbt_project:
          outputs:
            dev:
              type: duckdb
              path: dbt.duckdb
              extensions:
                - parquet
              fixed_retries: 1
              threads: 16
              timeout_seconds: 300
            prod:
              type: duckdb
              path: dbt2.duckdb
              extensions: 
                - parquet
              fixed_retries: 1
              threads: 16
              timeout_seconds: 300
          target: dev

Properties

commands

  • Type: array
  • SubType: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required: ✔️
  • Min items: 1

The list of dbt CLI commands to run.

interpreter

  • Type: array
  • SubType: string
  • Dynamic:
  • Required: ✔️
  • Default: [/bin/sh, -c]
  • Min items: 1

Which interpreter to use.

warningOnStdErr

  • Type: boolean
  • Dynamic:
  • Required: ✔️
  • Default: true

Whether to set the task state to WARNING if any stdErr is emitted.

beforeCommands

  • Type: array
  • SubType: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

A list of commands that will run before the commands, allowing to set up the environment e.g. pip install -r requirements.txt.

containerImage

  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:
  • Default: ghcr.io/kestra-io/dbt

The task runner container image, only used if the task runner is container-based.

docker

Deprecated - use the 'taskRunner' property instead.

Only used if the taskRunner property is not set

env

  • Type: object
  • SubType: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

Additional environment variables for the current process.

failFast

  • Type: boolean
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:
  • Default: true

Fail the task on the first command with a non-zero status.

If set to false all commands will be executed one after the other. The final state of task execution is determined by the last command. Note that this property maybe be ignored if a non compatible interpreter is specified. You can also disable it if your interpreter does not support the set -eoption.

inputFiles

  • Type:
    • object
    • string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The files to create on the local filesystem. It can be a map or a JSON object.

namespaceFiles

Inject namespace files.

Inject namespace files to this task. When enabled, it will, by default, load all namespace files into the working directory. However, you can use the include or exclude properties to limit which namespace files will be injected.

outputDirectory

  • Type: boolean
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:
  • Default: false

Whether to setup the output directory mechanism.

Required to use the {{ outputDir }} expression. Note that it could increase the starting time. Deprecated, use the outputFiles property instead.

outputFiles

  • Type: array
  • SubType: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The files from the local filesystem to send to Kestra's internal storage.

Must be a list of glob expressions relative to the current working directory, some examples: my-dir/**, my-dir/*/** or my-dir/my-file.txt.

parseRunResults

  • Type:
    • boolean
    • string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

profiles

  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The profiles.yml file content.

If a profile.yml file already exists in the current working directory, it will be overridden.

projectDir

  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The dbt project directory, if it's not the working directory.

To use it, also use this directory in the --project-dir flag on the dbt CLI commands.

runner

  • Type: string
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:
  • Possible Values:
    • PROCESS
    • DOCKER

Deprecated - use the 'taskRunner' property instead.

Only used if the taskRunner property is not set

targetOS

  • Type: string
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:
  • Default: AUTO
  • Possible Values:
    • LINUX
    • WINDOWS
    • AUTO

The target operating system where the script will run.

taskRunner

  • Type: TaskRunner
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:
  • Default: {type=io.kestra.plugin.scripts.runner.docker.Docker, entryPoint=[]}

The task runner to use.

Task runners are provided by plugins, each have their own properties. If you change from the default one, be careful to also configure the entrypoint to an empty list if needed.

Outputs

exitCode

  • Type: integer
  • Required: ✔️
  • Default: 0

The exit code of the entire flow execution.

outputFiles

  • Type: object
  • SubType: string
  • Required:

The output files' URIs in Kestra's internal storage.

vars

  • Type: object
  • Required:

The value extracted from the output of the executed commands.

Definitions

io.kestra.core.models.tasks.NamespaceFiles

Properties

enabled
  • Type: boolean
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:
  • Default: true

Whether to enable namespace files to be loaded into the working directory. If explicitly set to true in a task, it will load all Namespace Files into the task's working directory. Note that this property is by default set to true so that you can specify only the include and exclude properties to filter the files to load without having to explicitly set enabled to true.

exclude
  • Type: array
  • SubType: string
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:

A list of filters to exclude matching glob patterns. This allows you to exclude a subset of the Namespace Files from being downloaded at runtime. You can combine this property together with include to only inject a subset of files that you need into the task's working directory.

include
  • Type: array
  • SubType: string
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:

A list of filters to include only matching glob patterns. This allows you to only load a subset of the Namespace Files into the working directory.

io.kestra.plugin.scripts.runner.docker.Cpu

Properties

cpus
  • Type: integer
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:

The maximum amount of CPU resources a container can use.

Make sure to set that to a numeric value e.g. cpus: "1.5" or cpus: "4" or For instance, if the host machine has two CPUs and you set cpus: "1.5", the container is guaranteed at most one and a half of the CPUs.

io.kestra.core.models.tasks.runners.TaskRunner

Properties

type
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic:
  • Required: ✔️
  • Validation regExp: \p{javaJavaIdentifierStart}\p{javaJavaIdentifierPart}*(\.\p{javaJavaIdentifierStart}\p{javaJavaIdentifierPart}*)*
  • Min length: 1

io.kestra.plugin.scripts.runner.docker.Memory

Properties

kernelMemory
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The maximum amount of kernel memory the container can use.

The minimum allowed value is 4MB. Because kernel memory cannot be swapped out, a container which is starved of kernel memory may block host machine resources, which can have side effects on the host machine and on other containers. See the kernel-memory docs for more details.

memory
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The maximum amount of memory resources the container can use.

Make sure to use the format number + unit (regardless of the case) without any spaces. The unit can be KB (kilobytes), MB (megabytes), GB (gigabytes), etc.

Given that it's case-insensitive, the following values are equivalent:

  • "512MB"
  • "512Mb"
  • "512mb"
  • "512000KB"
  • "0.5GB"

It is recommended that you allocate at least 6MB.

memoryReservation
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

Allows you to specify a soft limit smaller than memory which is activated when Docker detects contention or low memory on the host machine.

If you use memoryReservation, it must be set lower than memory for it to take precedence. Because it is a soft limit, it does not guarantee that the container doesn’t exceed the limit.

memorySwap
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The total amount of memory and swap that can be used by a container.

If memory and memorySwap are set to the same value, this prevents containers from using any swap. This is because memorySwap includes both the physical memory and swap space, while memory is only the amount of physical memory that can be used.

memorySwappiness
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

A setting which controls the likelihood of the kernel to swap memory pages.

By default, the host kernel can swap out a percentage of anonymous pages used by a container. You can set memorySwappiness to a value between 0 and 100 to tune this percentage.

oomKillDisable
  • Type: boolean
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:

By default, if an out-of-memory (OOM) error occurs, the kernel kills processes in a container.

To change this behavior, use the oomKillDisable option. Only disable the OOM killer on containers where you have also set the memory option. If the memory flag is not set, the host can run out of memory, and the kernel may need to kill the host system’s processes to free the memory.

io.kestra.plugin.scripts.exec.scripts.models.DockerOptions

Properties

image
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required: ✔️
  • Min length: 1

Docker image to use.

config
  • Type:
    • string
    • object
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

Docker configuration file.

Docker configuration file that can set access credentials to private container registries. Usually located in ~/.docker/config.json.

cpu
  • Type: Cpu
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:

Limits the CPU usage to a given maximum threshold value.

By default, each container’s access to the host machine’s CPU cycles is unlimited. You can set various constraints to limit a given container’s access to the host machine’s CPU cycles.

credentials
deviceRequests

A list of device requests to be sent to device drivers.

entryPoint
  • Type: array
  • SubType: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

Docker entrypoint to use.

extraHosts
  • Type: array
  • SubType: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

Extra hostname mappings to the container network interface configuration.

host
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

Docker API URI.

memory
  • Type: Memory
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:

Limits memory usage to a given maximum threshold value.

Docker can enforce hard memory limits, which allow the container to use no more than a given amount of user or system memory, or soft limits, which allow the container to use as much memory as it needs unless certain conditions are met, such as when the kernel detects low memory or contention on the host machine. Some of these options have different effects when used alone or when more than one option is set.

networkMode
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

Docker network mode to use e.g. host, none, etc.

pullPolicy
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:
  • Default: ALWAYS
  • Possible Values:
    • IF_NOT_PRESENT
    • ALWAYS
    • NEVER

The image pull policy for a container image and the tag of the image, which affect when Docker attempts to pull (download) the specified image.

shmSize
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

Size of /dev/shm in bytes.

The size must be greater than 0. If omitted, the system uses 64MB.

user
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

User in the Docker container.

volumes
  • Type: array
  • SubType: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

List of volumes to mount.

Must be a valid mount expression as string, example : /home/user:/app.

Volumes mount are disabled by default for security reasons; you must enable them on server configuration by setting kestra.tasks.scripts.docker.volume-enabled to true.

io.kestra.plugin.scripts.runner.docker.Credentials

Properties

auth
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The registry authentication.

The auth field is a base64-encoded authentication string of username:password or a token.

identityToken
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The identity token.

password
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The registry password.

registry
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The registry URL.

If not defined, the registry will be extracted from the image name.

registryToken
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The registry token.

username
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:

The registry username.

io.kestra.plugin.scripts.runner.docker.DeviceRequest

Properties

capabilities
  • Type: array
  • SubType: array
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:

A list of capabilities; an OR list of AND lists of capabilities.

count
  • Type: integer
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:
deviceIds
  • Type: array
  • SubType: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:
driver
  • Type: string
  • Dynamic: ✔️
  • Required:
options
  • Type: object
  • SubType: string
  • Dynamic:
  • Required:

Driver-specific options, specified as key/value pairs.

These options are passed directly to the driver.

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