Frequently asked questions #

Errors #

Why am I getting "unknown flag" error? #

If you see an error like below (or similar, with a different flag):

Error: unknown flag: --artifact-type

It most likely mean you misspelled a flag or a command.

E.g.

kosli expect deploymenct abc.exe --artifact-type file
Error: unknown flag: --artifact-type

The flag is spelled correctly, but there is a typo in deploymenct. Same error will pop up if you're trying to use a command that is not present in the version of kosli cli you are using.

Usage #

Do I have to provide all the flags all the time? #

A number of flags won't change their values often (or at all) between commands, like --owner or api-token. Some will differ between e.g. workflows, like --pipeline. You can define them as environment variable to avoid unnecessary redundancy. Check Environment variables section to learn more.

What is dry run and how to use it? #

You can use dry run to disable writing to app.kosli.com - e.g. if you're just trying things out, or troubleshooting (dry run will print the payload cli would send in a non dry run mode).

There is a few ways you can enable dry run mode

1. use --dry-run flag (no value needed) to enable it per command
2. set KOSLI_API_TOKEN environment variable to DRY_RUN to enable it globally (e.g. in your terminal or CI)

What is the --config-file flag? #

A config file is an alternative for using Kosli flags or Environment variables. Usually you'd use config file for the values that rarely change - like api token or owner, but you can represent all Kosli flags with config file. The key for each value is the same as the flag name, capitalized, so --api-token would become API-TOKEN, and --owner would become OWNER, etc.

You can use JSON, YAML or TOML format for your config file.

If you want to keep certain Kosli configuration in a file use --config-file flag when running Kosli commands to let the cli tool know where to look for the file. The path given to --config-file flag should be a path relative to the location you're running kosli from. The file needs a valid format and extension, e.g.:

kosli-conf.json:

{
  "OWNER": "my-org",
  "API-TOKEN": "123456abcdef"
}

kosli-conf.yaml:

OWNER: "my-org"
API-TOKEN: "123456abcdef"

kosli-conf.toml:

OWNER = "my-org"
API-TOKEN = "123456abcdef"

When calling Kosli command you can skip file extension. For example, to list environments with owner and api-token in the configuration file you would run:

$ kosli environment ls --config-file kosli-conf

--config-file defaults to kosli, so if you name your file kosli.<yaml|toml|json> and the file is in the same location as where you run Kosli commands from, you can skip the --config-file altogether.