O2 CLI

Enterprise-Grade Command Line Interface for OpenObserve Management

Version	Status	License
1.1.4	Production-Ready	Enterprise

⚠️ Enterprise Requirement: O2 CLI requires OpenObserve Enterprise edition. It will not work with the community version. For Enterprise access, visit openobserve.ai/pricing.

Overview

O2 CLI is a command-line interface for managing OpenObserve resources directly, similar to AWS CLI or kubectl. It provides an imperative way to manage OpenObserve alongside the declarative Kubernetes Operator.

Installation

Quick Install (macOS/Linux)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openobserve/o2-cli/main/install.sh | bash

Homebrew (Recommended)

brew tap openobserve/tap
brew install o2

Download Binary Directly

macOS Apple Silicon:

curl -L https://github.com/openobserve/o2-cli/releases/latest/download/o2-darwin-arm64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv o2 /usr/local/bin/

macOS Intel:

curl -L https://github.com/openobserve/o2-cli/releases/latest/download/o2-darwin-amd64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv o2 /usr/local/bin/

Linux AMD64:

curl -L https://github.com/openobserve/o2-cli/releases/latest/download/o2-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv o2 /usr/local/bin/

Quick Start

Prerequisites

OpenObserve Enterprise instance
Valid credentials (username/password or API token)

Step 1: Configure

Set up your default profile:

o2 configure
# Enter: endpoint, organization, username, password

Set up additional environments:

o2 configure --profile dev
o2 configure --profile prod

Note: The CLI validates your OpenObserve instance is Enterprise edition on first command.

Step 2: List Resources

# List all organizations
o2 list organizations

# Get organization summary
o2 organization get default --summary

# List dashboards in a specific folder
o2 list dashboard --folder production

# List enabled alerts only
o2 list alert --folder default --enabled-only

Step 3: Manage Resources

# Create a template
o2 create template -f slack-alert.yaml

# List templates
o2 list template

# Delete a template
o2 delete template old-template

Configuration

Profile Management

Configure multiple environments for seamless switching:

o2 configure                    # Default profile
o2 configure --profile dev      # Dev environment
o2 configure --profile staging  # Staging environment
o2 configure --profile prod     # Production environment

List all configured profiles:

o2 configure list

Config File

Location: ~/.o2/config.yaml

Example Configuration:

profiles:
  default:
    endpoint: https://openobserve.company.com
    organization: default
    username: user@company.com
    password: your-password
  dev:
    endpoint: https://dev.openobserve.com
    organization: dev-org
    username: dev-user@company.com
    password: dev-password
  prod:
    endpoint: https://prod.openobserve.com
    organization: prod-org
    username: prod-user@company.com
    password: prod-password

Supported Resources

Resource	Create	List	Get	Update	Delete	Sample Files
Organizations	✅	✅	✅ (+summary)	—	—	—
Dashboards	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ (by ID)	2 files
Templates	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	6 files
Destinations	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	3 files
Pipelines	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	2 files
Functions	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	5 files
Alerts	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	2 files

Command Syntax

O2 CLI supports two syntaxes — use whichever you prefer.

kubectl-Style (Verb-First)

o2 <verb> <resource> [name] [flags]

Examples:

o2 list template
o2 get dashboard 123456
o2 create template -f template.yaml
o2 update pipeline -f pipeline.yaml
o2 delete function my-function

Resource-First

o2 <resource> <verb> [name] [flags]

Examples:

o2 template list
o2 dashboard get 123456
o2 template create -f template.yaml
o2 pipeline update -f pipeline.yaml
o2 function delete my-function

Both syntaxes are equivalent and produce identical results.

Usage Examples

Multi-Environment Workflow

Promote resources from development to production:

# Create in dev
o2 create template -f alert.yaml --profile dev

# Test it
o2 list template --profile dev

# Export from dev
o2 get template MyAlert --profile dev -o yaml > tested.yaml

# Deploy to prod
o2 create template -f tested.yaml --profile prod

Cross-Organization Querying

Query resources across multiple organizations:

# List all organizations
o2 list organizations

# Query different orgs
o2 list alert --org org1
o2 list dashboard --org org2 --folder monitoring
o2 list function --org org3

Backup and Restore

Backup all templates:

for t in $(o2 list template --output json | jq -r '.[].name'); do
  o2 get template $t -o yaml > backups/${t}.yaml
done

Restore templates:

for f in backups/*.yaml; do
  o2 create template -f $f
done

Resource Management

# Create destination
o2 create dest -f slack-webhook.yaml

# List HTTP destinations
o2 list dest --type http

# Update destination
o2 update dest -f updated-webhook.yaml

# Delete destination
o2 delete dest slack-webhook

Global Flags

Available on all commands:

Flag	Short	Default	Description
`--profile`		`default`	Use specific profile
`--org`		From profile	Override organization
`--output`	`-o`	`table`	Output format: `table`, `json`, `yaml`, `wide`
`--config`		`~/.o2/config.yaml`	Custom config file path

Getting Help

o2 --help

Find the detailed list of commands and troubleshooting guide in the o2-cli documentation.

Community Feedback

We welcome community input on upcoming features. Please share your use cases and requirements through:

GitHub Issues for feature requests open an issue
Community forums for discussions Start the conversation →

On this page