Quick Start

1. Point at a cluster

export CRDB_URL="cockroachdb://root@localhost:26257/mydb?sslmode=disable"

2. Export schema + data

crdb-dump export --db=mydb --data --data-format=csv --chunk-size=1000

Output lands under crdb_dump_output/mydb/:

• mydb_schema.sql — full DDL (dependency-ordered, with CREATE SCHEMA for non-public schemas)
• mydb.<schema>.<table>_NNN.csv — chunked data
• mydb.<schema>.<table>.manifest.json — checksummed chunk manifest

3. Restore

crdb-dump load --db=mydb \
  --schema=crdb_dump_output/mydb/mydb_schema.sql \
  --data-dir=crdb_dump_output/mydb \
  --validate-csv

4. Verify checksums

crdb-dump export --db=mydb --verify

Next: read the Guides for the full feature set, or the CLI Reference for every option.