---
name: "balboa-backend-console"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "balboa-backend-common"
version: "2.0.0+ds-7+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/balboa-backend-console"
---

# balboa-backend-console(1)

Backend maintenance console for balboa

## NAME

balboa-backend-console - Backend maintenance console for balboa

## SYNOPSIS

**balboa-backend-console** *\<--version\|help\|jsonize\|dump\|replay\>* \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

\`balboa-backend-console\` is a management tool for \`balboa-backends\`

### Command help:

-

  show help

### Command jsonize:

-

  read a dump file and print all entries as json

**-d** \<path\> path to the dump file to read

### Command dump:

-

  connect to a \`balboa-backend\` and request a dump of all data to local stdout

**-h** \<host\> ip address of the \`balboa-backend\` (default: 127.0.0.1)

**-p** \<port\> port of the \`balboa-backend\` (default: 4242)

**-v** increase verbosity; can be passed multiple times

**-d** \<remote-dump-path\> unused/ignored (default: -)

### Command replay:

-

  replay a previously generated database dump

**-d** \<path\> database dump file or \`-\` for stdin (default: -)

**-h** \<host\> ip address of the \`balboa-backend\` (default: 127.0.0.1)

**-p** \<port\> port of the \`balboa-backend\` (default: 4242)

**-v** increase verbosity; can be passed multiple times

## EXAMPLES

balboa-backend-console jsonize -r /tmp/pdns.dmp lz4cat /tmp/pdns.dmp.lz4 \| balboa-backend-console jsonize