CLI
Orion ships two binaries. orion-server is the runtime, with diagnostic, authoring and promotion subcommands that need no running server. orion-cli is the admin client, driving a running server over HTTP.
| Page | Holds |
|---|---|
| orion-server | Start the server; validate-config, migrate, lint, compile, fmt, clippy, dry-run, test, test-connectivity, preflight, dump-openapi and package |
| orion-cli | The global flags, and one command per entity kind plus send, traces, engine, cron, dlq, audit-logs, backups, packages, metrics, functions, benchmark and completions |
| Shared definitions | $from and use, the two forms a definition set may use and compile resolves |
Related
- Admin API: the HTTP endpoints
orion-clidrives. - Server configuration: every server setting and its
ORION_*override. - Promote between environments: the promotion model behind
orion-server package.
Last verified 14 September 2026