Spawn

Welcome to Spawn

Spawn makes it easier to include the database as an automated component in your DevOps pipeline.

The Spawn service does this by creating ("Spawning") databases that more accurately represent what's in production, and in a way that reduces the burden of infrastructure and data management.

This guide explains how Spawn works, and how to control it via the command-line.

Getting started

If you're new to Spawn, we'd recommend following the steps below.

  1. Download and install Spawn
  2. Learn about the Spawn concepts and commands

Download and install Spawn

Spawn is currently accepting applications for the private beta programme.
Apply for the beta programme. If you're accepted onto the programme you'll be able to download Spawn and follow the instruction below in order to install it.

Install Spawn

Windows
  1. Download spawnctl
  2. Add the folder containing spawnctl to the path
Mac and Linux
  1. Run this
curl -sL https://run.spawn.cc/install | sh
  1. Add spawnctl to your path
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.spawnctl/bin

Verify the CLI is installed by running

spawnctl version

On-board to Spawn

  1. Authenticate to the Spawn service
spawnctl auth
  1. Onboard to the Spawn service
spawnctl onboard
Docker

To pull and run the spawnctl container image, spawnctl

docker run --rm redgatefoundry/spawnctl

Standard interactive authentication using spawnctl auth will not work for docker containers

Use one of the following methods to access spawn using access token:

  • Using SPAWNCTL_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable
docker run --rm -e SPAWNCTL_ACCESS_TOKEN:<access-token-string> redgatefoundry/spawnctl
  • Append --accessToken to spawnctl command
docker run --rm redgatefoundry/spawnctl get all --accessToken <access-token-string>

Using Spawn

The next section introduces the concepts of Spawn, and the terminology it uses. We recommend getting familiar with the concepts of Spawn before working through the examples in the Commands section.

Introduction →