prefect.cli.dev

Command line interface for working with Orion

agent async

Starts a hot-reloading development agent process.

Source code in prefect/cli/dev.py

@dev_app.command()
async def agent(api_url: str = SettingsOption(PREFECT_API_URL)):
    """
    Starts a hot-reloading development agent process.
    """
    # Delayed import since this is only a 'dev' dependency
    import watchfiles

    app.console.print("Creating hot-reloading agent process...")
    await watchfiles.arun_process(
        prefect.__module_path__,
        target=start_agent,
        kwargs=dict(hide_welcome=False, api=api_url),
    )

api async

Starts a hot-reloading development API.

Source code in prefect/cli/dev.py

@dev_app.command()
async def api(
    host: str = SettingsOption(PREFECT_ORION_API_HOST),
    port: int = SettingsOption(PREFECT_ORION_API_PORT),
    log_level: str = "DEBUG",
    services: bool = True,
):
    """
    Starts a hot-reloading development API.
    """
    server_env = os.environ.copy()
    server_env["PREFECT_ORION_SERVICES_RUN_IN_APP"] = str(services)
    server_env["PREFECT_ORION_SERVICES_UI"] = "False"

    command = [
        "uvicorn",
        "--factory",
        "prefect.orion.api.server:create_app",
        "--host",
        str(host),
        "--port",
        str(port),
        "--log-level",
        log_level.lower(),
        "--reload",
        "--reload-dir",
        str(prefect.__module_path__),
    ]

    app.console.print(f"Running: {' '.join(command)}")

    await open_process_and_stream_output(command=command, env=server_env)

build_docs

Builds REST API reference documentation for static display.

Note that this command only functions properly with an editable install.

Source code in prefect/cli/dev.py

@dev_app.command()
def build_docs(
    schema_path: str = None,
):
    """
    Builds REST API reference documentation for static display.

    Note that this command only functions properly with an editable install.
    """
    schema = create_app(ephemeral=True).openapi()

    if not schema_path:
        schema_path = (
            prefect.__root_path__ / "docs" / "api-ref" / "schema.json"
        ).absolute()
    # overwrite info for display purposes
    schema["info"] = {}
    with open(schema_path, "w") as f:
        json.dump(schema, f)
    app.console.print(f"OpenAPI schema written to {schema_path}")

build_image

Build a docker image for development.

Source code in prefect/cli/dev.py

@dev_app.command()
def build_image(
    arch: str = typer.Option(
        None,
        help=(
            "The architecture to build the container for. "
            "Defaults to the architecture of the host Python. "
            f"[default: {platform.machine()}]"
        ),
    )
):
    """
    Build a docker image for development.
    """
    tag = get_prefect_image_name()

    # TODO: Once https://github.com/tiangolo/typer/issues/354 is addresesd, the
    #       default can be set in the function signature
    arch = arch or platform.machine()

    # Here we use a subprocess instead of the docker-py client to easily stream output
    # as it comes
    try:
        subprocess.check_call(
            [
                "docker",
                "build",
                str(prefect.__root_path__),
                "--tag",
                tag,
                "--platform",
                f"linux/{arch}",
                "--build-arg",
                "PREFECT_EXTRAS=[dev]",
            ]
        )
    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
        exit_with_error("Failed to build image!")
    else:
        exit_with_success(f"Built image {tag!r} for {platform}")

container

Run a docker container with local code mounted and installed.

Source code in prefect/cli/dev.py

@dev_app.command()
def container(bg: bool = False, name="prefect-dev", api: bool = True):
    """
    Run a docker container with local code mounted and installed.
    """
    import docker
    from docker.models.containers import Container

    client = docker.from_env()

    containers = client.containers.list()
    container_names = {container.name for container in containers}
    if name in container_names:
        exit_with_error(
            f"Container {name!r} already exists. Specify a different name or stop "
            "the existing container."
        )

    blocking_cmd = "prefect dev api" if api else "sleep infinity"
    tag = get_prefect_image_name()

    container: Container = client.containers.create(
        image=tag,
        command=[
            "/bin/bash",
            "-c",
            f"pip install -e /opt/prefect/repo\\[dev\\] && touch /READY && {blocking_cmd}",
        ],
        name=name,
        auto_remove=True,
        working_dir="/opt/prefect/repo",
        volumes=[f"{prefect.__root_path__}:/opt/prefect/repo"],
        shm_size="4G",
    )

    print(f"Starting container for image {tag!r}...")
    container.start()

    print("Waiting for installation to complete", end="", flush=True)
    try:
        ready = False
        while not ready:
            print(".", end="", flush=True)
            result = container.exec_run("test -f /READY")
            ready = result.exit_code == 0
            if not ready:
                time.sleep(3)
    except:
        print("\nInterrupted. Stopping container...")
        container.stop()
        raise

    print(
        textwrap.dedent(
            f"""
            Container {container.name!r} is ready! To connect to the container, run:

                docker exec -it {container.name} /bin/bash
            """
        )
    )

    if bg:
        print(
            textwrap.dedent(
                f"""
                The container will run forever. Stop the container with:

                    docker stop {container.name}
                """
            )
        )
        # Exit without stopping
        return

    try:
        print("Send a keyboard interrupt to exit...")
        container.wait()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        pass  # Avoid showing "Abort"
    finally:
        print("\nStopping container...")
        container.stop()

kubernetes_manifest

Generates a Kubernetes manifest for development.

Examples:

$ prefect dev kubernetes-manifest | kubectl apply -f -

Source code in prefect/cli/dev.py

@dev_app.command()
def kubernetes_manifest():
    """
    Generates a Kubernetes manifest for development.

    Example:
        $ prefect dev kubernetes-manifest | kubectl apply -f -
    """

    template = Template(
        (
            prefect.__module_path__ / "cli" / "templates" / "kubernetes-dev.yaml"
        ).read_text()
    )
    manifest = template.substitute(
        {
            "prefect_root_directory": prefect.__root_path__,
            "image_name": get_prefect_image_name(),
        }
    )
    print(manifest)

start async

Starts a hot-reloading development server with API, UI, and agent processes.

Each service has an individual command if you wish to start them separately. Each service can be excluded here as well.

Source code in prefect/cli/dev.py

@dev_app.command()
async def start(
    exclude_api: bool = typer.Option(False, "--no-api"),
    exclude_ui: bool = typer.Option(False, "--no-ui"),
    exclude_agent: bool = typer.Option(False, "--no-agent"),
):
    """
    Starts a hot-reloading development server with API, UI, and agent processes.

    Each service has an individual command if you wish to start them separately.
    Each service can be excluded here as well.
    """
    async with anyio.create_task_group() as tg:
        if not exclude_api:
            tg.start_soon(
                partial(
                    api,
                    host=PREFECT_ORION_API_HOST.value(),
                    port=PREFECT_ORION_API_PORT.value(),
                )
            )
        if not exclude_ui:
            tg.start_soon(ui)
        if not exclude_agent:
            # Hook the agent to the hosted API if running
            if not exclude_api:
                host = f"http://{PREFECT_ORION_API_HOST.value()}:{PREFECT_ORION_API_PORT.value()}/api"
            else:
                host = PREFECT_API_URL.value()
            tg.start_soon(agent, host)

ui async

Starts a hot-reloading development UI.

Source code in prefect/cli/dev.py

@dev_app.command()
async def ui():
    """
    Starts a hot-reloading development UI.
    """
    with tmpchdir(prefect.__root_path__):
        with tmpchdir(prefect.__root_path__ / "orion-ui"):
            app.console.print("Installing npm packages...")
            subprocess.check_output(["npm", "install"])

            app.console.print("Starting UI development server...")
            await open_process_and_stream_output(command=["npm", "run", "serve"])