About dbt environment command

The dbt environment command enables you to interact with your dbt Cloud environment. Use the command for:

• Viewing your local configuration details (account ID, active project ID, deployment environment, and more).
• Viewing your dbt Cloud configuration details (environment ID, environment name, connection type, and more).

This guide lists all the commands and options you can use with dbt environment in the dbt Cloud CLI. To use them, add a command or option like this: dbt environment [command] or use the shorthand dbt env [command].

dbt environment show

show command — To view your local and dbt Cloud configuration details. To run the command with the dbt Cloud CLI, type one of the following commands, including the shorthand:

dbt environment show

dbt env show

The command returns the following information:

❯ dbt env show
Local Configuration:
  Active account ID              185854
  Active project ID              271692
  Active host name               cloud.getdbt.com
  dbt_cloud.yml file path        /Users/cesar/.dbt/dbt_cloud.yml
  dbt_project.yml file path      /Users/cesar/git/cloud-cli-test-project/dbt_project.yml
  dbt Cloud CLI version          0.35.7
  OS info                        darwin arm64

Cloud Configuration:
  Account ID                     185854
  Project ID                     271692
  Project name                   Snowflake
  Environment ID                 243762
  Environment name               Development
  Defer environment ID           [N/A]
  dbt version                    1.6.0-latest
  Target name                    default
  Connection type                snowflake

Snowflake Connection Details:
  Account                        ska67070
  Warehouse                      DBT_TESTING_ALT
  Database                       DBT_TEST
  Schema                         CLOUD_CLI_TESTING
  Role                           SYSADMIN
  User                           dbt_cloud_user
  Client session keep alive      false 

Note, that dbt Cloud won't return anything that is a secret key and will return an 'NA' for any field that isn't configured.

dbt environment flags

Use the following flags (or options) with the dbt environment command:

• -h, --help — To view the help documentation for a specific command in your command line interface.

  dbt environment [command] --help
  dbt environment [command] -h

  The --help flag returns the following information:

    ❯ dbt help environment
    Interact with dbt environments
  
  Usage:
    dbt environment [command]
  
  Aliases:
    environment, env
  
  Available Commands:
    show        Show the working environment
  
  Flags:
    -h, --help   help for environment
  
  Use "dbt environment [command] --help" for more information about a command.

  For example, to view the help documentation for the show command, type one of the following commands, including the shorthand:

  dbt environment show --help
  dbt env show -h