--- title: Debezium CLI: A Unified Command-Line Interface for CDC... description: Debezium now has an CLI, built as a Google Summer of Code 2026 project, that covers the full lifecycle of a CDC pipeline. Built on Picocli and distributed via... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/debezium-cli-a-unified-command-line-interface-for-cdc-pipeline-lifecycle-management-bhyhxzmdr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Debezium CLI: A Unified Command-Line Interface for CDC Pipeline Lifecycle Management | daily.dev og:description: Debezium now has an CLI, built as a Google Summer of Code 2026 project, that covers the full lifecycle of a CDC pipeline. Built on Picocli and distributed via... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/debezium-cli-a-unified-command-line-interface-for-cdc-pipeline-lifecycle-management-bhyhxzmdr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BHyHxZMdr.png og:image:alt: Debezium CLI: A Unified Command-Line Interface for CDC Pipeline Lifecycle Management og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Debezium CLI: A Unified Command-Line Interface for CDC Pipeline Lifecycle Management **[Debezium](https://daily.dev/sources/debezium)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Debezium now has an CLI, built as a Google Summer of Code 2026 project, that covers the full lifecycle of a CDC pipeline. Built on Picocli and distributed via JBang, it requires no Java compilation or Maven install and runs with 'jbang debezium@debezium'. A 'Build' subsystem scaffolds a dbz.yaml project, validates config, and assembles layered OCI container images using the Jib Core API and Eclipse Aether without a running Docker daemon. A 'Platform' subsystem manages multi-environment profiles, queries the live connector catalog, validates database connections, discovers schemas, and creates or signals pipelines (snapshots, pauses) against a Debezium Platform instance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I build a Debezium Server container image without running a Docker daemon? The Debezium CLI assembles layered OCI images without a local Docker daemon or Maven runtime, using the Google Jib Core API and Eclipse Aether (Maven Resolver) for dependency resolution. Running 'debezium build --image' resolves connector dependencies and writes a tar archive such as target/debezium-server.tar, which works equally in CI runners, unprivileged Kubernetes pods, or a laptop. _Teams standardizing CDC image builds in CI can track Debezium CLI updates like this on daily.dev._ ### How do I install the Debezium CLI tool? The Debezium CLI is distributed through JBang, a tool that runs Java code without manual compilation or a Maven install. After installing JBang (for example via 'curl -Ls https://sh.jbang.dev | bash -s - app setup'), install the CLI globally with 'jbang app install debezium@debezium' or run it directly with 'jbang debezium@debezium --help'. _Developers standing up CDC pipelines can follow Debezium tooling changes like this on daily.dev._ ### How do I trigger an incremental snapshot on a running Debezium pipeline? Use the pipeline signal command with type execute-snapshot, specifying the data collections to snapshot, for example 'debezium pipeline signal --type=execute-snapshot --data='{"data-collections": ["public.customers"]}' 1'. The same signal mechanism also supports pausing ingestion with '--type=pause' against a given pipeline ID managed by the Debezium Platform. _Engineers operating live CDC pipelines can keep up with Debezium orchestration features via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Debezium welcomes its Google Summer of Code 2026 Contributors\!](https://daily.dev/posts/debezium-welcomes-its-google-summer-of-code-2026-contributors--hss50qps9) · Debezium · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Debezium 3.5.0.CR1 Released](https://daily.dev/posts/debezium-3-5-0-cr1-released-oa73gcr9s) · Debezium · 6 upvotes · 0 comments - [Concluding Debezium’s Google Summer of Code 2026 Program](https://daily.dev/posts/concluding-debezium-s-google-summer-of-code-2026-program-zib1z8z6d) · Debezium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Debezium Platform: Mid-Year Update \(2026\)](https://daily.dev/posts/debezium-platform-mid-year-update-2026--yjzkcnk5l) · Debezium · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#kafka](https://daily.dev/tags/kafka), [#change-data-capture](https://daily.dev/tags/change-data-capture), [#debezium](https://daily.dev/tags/debezium) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/debezium-cli-a-unified-command-line-interface-for-cdc-pipeline-lifecycle-management-bhyhxzmdr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Debezium CLI: A Unified Command-Line Interface for CDC Pipeline Lifecycle Management","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/debezium-cli-a-unified-command-line-interface-for-cdc-pipeline-lifecycle-management-bhyhxzmdr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/debezium-cli-a-unified-command-line-interface-for-cdc-pipeline-lifecycle-management-bhyhxzmdr"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T09:36:10.460Z","dateModified":"2026-10-26T09:47:09.222Z","description":"Debezium now has an CLI, built as a Google Summer of Code 2026 project, that covers the full lifecycle of a CDC pipeline. 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