aah CLI Tool

Here you will learn aah CLI flags, commands and it’s usage. It’s very handy for development, Continuous Integration (CI) and deployment preparation.

aah CLI is fully POSIX compliant flags (includes short and long versions) and command aliases too.

Available Commands

Command: list

list command, alias l - scans GOPATH and lists all the import paths of aah project. since v0.6.

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Scanning GOPATH: /Users/jeeva/go/...

4 aah projects were found, import paths are:
    github.com/go-aah/tutorials/domain-subdomain
    github.com/go-aah/tutorials/html-minify
    github.com/go-aah/tutorials/i18n    
    github.com/go-aah/website

Command: new

new command, alias n - helps you to quick start new aah Web and API application. It is interactive command. Just provide an appropriate inputs.

aah new

Command: run

run command, alias r - is used to run the aah application.

Note: It is recommended to use build command to create build artifact and deploy it on server instead of using run command.

Supported options are-

-i value, --importpath value  Import path of aah application
-e value, --envprofile value  Environment profile name to activate. e.g: dev, qa, prod
-c value, --config value      External config file for overriding aah.conf values

Use aah help run to learn more.

Command: build

build command, alias b - is used to create aah application build artifact for deployment. Default location and name is <app-base-dir>/build/<app-binary-name>-<app-version>-<goos>-<goarch>.zip or you can use your custom artifact name too.

Supported options are-

-i value, --importpath value  Import path of aah application
-e value, --envprofile value  Environment profile name to activate. e.g: dev, qa, prod
-o value, --output value      Output of aah application build artifact. Default is '<app-base-dir>/build/<app-binary-name>-<app-version>-<goos>-<goarch>.zip'

Artifact naming convention:

  • <app-binary-name>-<app-version>-<goos>-<goarch>.zip
    • For e.g.: aahwebsite-381eaa8-darwin-amd64.zip

Use aah help build to learn more.

Command: clean

clean command, alias c - is to clean generated files and build directory of the aah project.

Supported options are-

-i value, --importpath value  Import path of aah application

Use aah help clean to learn more.

Command: help

help command alias h - helps you to learn aah command usage.

# list of available commands
aah help

# to know about one command
aah help build

Cross Compile Build

Set environment variables GOOS and GOARCH before executing aah build command. List of available GOOS and GOARCH values, click here.

Building linux binary on Mac OS

env GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 aah build --output=/Users/jeeva/build

#Output:
...
Your application artifact is here: /Users/jeeva/build/myapp-99bf7df-linux-amd64.zip

Building windows exe on Mac OS

env GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 aah build --output=/Users/jeeva/build

#Output:
...
Your application artifact is here: /Users/jeeva/build/myapp-99bf7df-windows-amd64.zip