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NATS CLI

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Command line tool for managing NATS.io messaging system servers, streams, and consumers.

Messaging & StreamingJSON
docsrepo.json
01Install
brew install nats-io/nats-tools/nats
Download binary →
02Global Flags
FlagTypeDescription
--server/-sstringNATS server URL
--contextstringNamed context to use
--credsstringPath to credentials file
--jsonbooleanOutput in JSON format
03Authentication
Methods
config-fileenvironment-variables
Env vars
NATS_URLNATS_CONTEXTNATS_CREDS
Config files
~/.config/nats/context.json
Setupnats context add <name> --server <url>
Docsdocs.nats.io/running-a-nats-service/configuration/securing_nats/auth_intro
04Capabilities
Message QueuesEvent Streaming
Reference
binarynats
checknats --version
authconfig-file, environment-variables
formatstext
json flag--json