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bk — Manage Buildkite builds, pipelines, and agents. More information: <https://github.com/buildkite/cli#

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Problem

How to use the bk command: Manage Buildkite builds, pipelines, and agents. More information: <https://github.com/buildkite/cli#usage>.

Solution

bk — Manage Buildkite builds, pipelines, and agents. More information: <https://github.com/buildkite/cli#usage>.

Configure the API token and organization:

bk configure

Select an organization to use:

bk use {{organization_slug}}

Initialize a pipeline.yaml file:

bk init

List all pipelines in the current organization:

bk pipeline list

Trigger a build for a pipeline:

bk build create {{pipeline_slug}}

View the status of a specific build:

bk build view {{build_number}}

List all agents in the current organization:

bk agent list

Display help:

bk {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Configure the API token and organization

bk configure

Select an organization to use

bk use {{organization_slug}}

Initialize a `pipeline.yaml` file

bk init

List all pipelines in the current organization

bk pipeline list

Trigger a build for a pipeline

bk build create {{pipeline_slug}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/bk

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