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Getting Started

Make sure to first set up your PlanetScale developer environment. Once you’ve installed the pscale CLI, you can interact with PlanetScale and manage your databases straight from the command line.

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The ping command

This command allows you to see the latency between your machine and PlanetScale’s public regions. Usage: 
pscale ping

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Available flags

FlagDescription
-h, --helpView help for ping command
-n, --countNumber of total pings. (default 10)
-p, --providerOnly ping endpoints for the specified infrastructure provider. Possible values: aws, gcp.
--concurrencyNumber of concurrent pings. (default 8)
--timeoutTimeout for a ping to succeed. (default 5s)

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Global flags

CommandDescription
--api-token <TOKEN>The API token to use for authenticating against the PlanetScale API.
--api-url <URL>The base URL for the PlanetScale API. Default is https://api.planetscale.com/.
--config <CONFIG_FILE>Config file. Default is $HOME/.config/planetscale/pscale.yml.
--debugEnable debug mode.
-f, --format <FORMAT>Show output in a specific format. Possible values: human (default), json, csv.
--no-colorDisable color output.
--service-token <TOKEN>The service token for authenticating.
--service-token-id <TOKEN_ID>The service token ID for authenticating.

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Examples

Command: 
pscale ping
Output: 
  NAME (17)                     LATENCY   ENDPOINT                                         TYPE
 ----------------------------- --------- ------------------------------------------------ -----------
  AWS us-west-2                 34.6ms    aws.connect.psdb.cloud                           optimized
  AWS us-west-2                 34.8ms    us-west.connect.psdb.cloud                       direct
  GCP us-central1               57.5ms    gcp.connect.psdb.cloud                           optimized
  GCP us-central1               57.9ms    gcp-us-central1.connect.psdb.cloud               direct
  AWS us-east-2                 60.5ms    aws-us-east-2.connect.psdb.cloud                 direct
  GCP us-east4                  69.2ms    gcp-us-east4.connect.psdb.cloud                  direct
  AWS us-east-1                 70.2ms    us-east.connect.psdb.cloud                       direct
  GCP northamerica-northeast1   80.9ms    gcp-northamerica-northeast1.connect.psdb.cloud   direct
  AWS ap-northeast-1            116.6ms   ap-northeast.connect.psdb.cloud                  direct
  GCP asia-northeast3           149.5ms   gcp-asia-northeast3.connect.psdb.cloud           direct
  AWS ap-southeast-2            150.9ms   aws-ap-southeast-2.connect.psdb.cloud            direct
  AWS eu-central-1              154.4ms   eu-central.connect.psdb.cloud                    direct
  AWS eu-west-1                 157.2ms   eu-west.connect.psdb.cloud                       direct
  AWS sa-east-1                 179.5ms   aws-sa-east-1.connect.psdb.cloud                 direct
  AWS ap-southeast-1            189.4ms   ap-southeast.connect.psdb.cloud                  direct
  AWS ap-south-1                243.1ms   ap-south.connect.psdb.cloud                      direct
  AWS eu-west-2                 670.5ms   aws-eu-west-2.connect.psdb.cloud                 direct

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Need help?

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