buildpack Command Line Interface

The buildpack command is a command line toolkit with subcommands.

Running it with no arguments produces the following output:

buildpack <command>

Commands:
  buildpack create-custom-origin            Get or create a secure, unique
  <directory>                               hostname/port combination and a
                                            trusted SSL certificate for local
                                            development, which enables all PWA
                                            features.
  buildpack create-env-file <directory>     Generate a .env file in the provided
                                            directory to store project
                                            configuration as environment variables
                                            variables
  buildpack load-env <directory>            Load and validate the current
                                            environment, including .env file if
                                            present, to ensure all required
                                            configuration is in place.

Options:
  --version  Show version number                                       [boolean]
  --help     Show help                                                 [boolean]

Invoke buildpack with a subcommand (eg. `buildpack create-env-file`) and the arguments to that subcommand.

Running the buildpack command

As a project dependency

A project with the @magento/pwa-buildpack dependency installed can use the buildpack command in its NPM scripts:

"scripts": {
  "load-env": "buildpack load-env ."
}

With this example, you can run npm run-script load-env or yarn run load-env to use the local copy of the buildpack CLI.

Using npx

Invoke buildpack directly using NPM’s npx tool, which installs packages and runs their CLIs in a single command:

npx @magento/pwa-buildpack <command>

It is not recommended to globally install buildpack with yarn global add or npm install --global. Individual projects should use their own versions, to guarantee expected behavior.

Available subcommands

The buildpack CLI provides the following subcommands:

  • create-custom-origin - Gets or creates a trusted SSL certificate for local PWA development.
  • create-env-file - Generates a new .env file in the current directory.
  • load-env - Loads and validates the current environment.