Intro

The oleander CLI lets you manage Spark artifacts and jobs, run SQL queries against the lake, browse catalogs, register infrastructure, and launch a DuckDB terminal from the command line. Queries go through the query router, so the CLI picks the engine and machine size for you.

Installation

brew tap OleanderHQ/tap
brew install oleander-cli

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y curl ca-certificates gnupg

curl -fsSL https://oleander-cli-releases.s3.amazonaws.com/keys/oleander-archive-keyring.gpg \
  | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/oleander-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null

sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oleander.sources >/dev/null <<'EOF'
Types: deb
URIs: https://oleander-cli-releases.s3.amazonaws.com/apt
Suites: stable
Components: main
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/oleander-archive-keyring.gpg
EOF

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y oleander-cli

Configuration

Authenticate with the API key from your oleander settings.

oleander configure --api-key <YOUR_API_KEY>

You can also run oleander configure without flags to enter your key interactively. The CLI stores the API key in ~/.oleander/config.json.

Upgrade

Upgrade to the latest release:

oleander upgrade

Check whether an update is available without installing it:

oleander upgrade --check

Commands

General

Command	Description
`oleander configure`	Set your API key
`oleander upgrade`	Upgrade to the latest release

Lake

Command	Description
`oleander query`	Run a read against the lake; oleander picks the engine and machine size
`oleander query submit`	Run a query that writes - a `SELECT` plus `--destination`, or a statement that names its own target
`oleander polars`	Run a Polars SQL query or Python script against the lake
`oleander duckdb`	Launch a DuckDB terminal connected to your lake

Catalogs

Command	Description
`oleander catalogs list`	List registered catalogs
`oleander catalogs register`	Register an S3 Tables catalog
`oleander catalogs credentials`	Get short-lived credentials for a catalog
`oleander catalogs namespaces list`	List namespaces in a catalog
`oleander catalogs namespaces create`	Create a namespace
`oleander catalogs tables list`	List tables in a namespace
`oleander catalogs tables describe`	Describe a table schema
`oleander catalogs tables create`	Create a new Iceberg table
`oleander catalogs tables delete`	Delete a table
`oleander catalogs tables load`	Load data from a file or URI into a new table
`oleander catalogs tables schema add`	Add columns to a table
`oleander catalogs tables schema rename`	Rename a column
`oleander catalogs tables schema drop`	Drop columns from a table

Spark

Command	Description
`oleander spark init`	Initialize a PySpark job workspace
`oleander spark jobs list`	List uploaded Spark artifacts
`oleander spark jobs upload`	Upload a Spark artifact
`oleander spark jobs get`	Download a Spark artifact’s source
`oleander spark jobs delete`	Delete a Spark artifact
`oleander spark jobs submit`	Submit a Spark job
`oleander spark jobs stop`	Stop a running Spark job
`oleander spark clusters list`	List registered Spark clusters
`oleander spark clusters register`	Register an external Spark cluster

Env

Command	Description
`oleander env list`	List organization environment variables
`oleander env set`	Set an environment variable
`oleander env delete`	Delete an environment variable

Queries

Command	Description
`oleander queries list`	List saved queries
`oleander queries get`	Get a saved query by name
`oleander queries save`	Save a named query

See Spark, Lake, Polars, Env, and Queries for detailed usage.

Getting Started

Platform

Connections

Coding with agents

CLI

External Compute

Installation

Configuration

Upgrade

Commands

General

Lake

Catalogs

Spark

Env

Queries

​Installation

​Configuration

​Upgrade

​Commands

​General

​Lake

​Catalogs

​Spark

​Env

​Queries

Installation

Configuration

Upgrade

Commands

General

Lake

Catalogs

Spark

Env

Queries