github.com/sl1pm4t/consul@v1.4.5-0.20190325224627-74c31c540f9c/website/source/docs/commands/kv/export.html.markdown.erb (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "docs" 3 page_title: "Commands: KV Export" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-commands-kv-export" 5 --- 6 7 # Consul KV Export 8 9 Command: `consul kv export` 10 11 The `kv export` command is used to retrieve KV pairs for the given 12 prefix from Consul's KV store, and write a JSON representation to 13 stdout. This can be used with the command "consul kv import" to move entire 14 trees between Consul clusters. 15 16 ## Usage 17 18 Usage: `consul kv export [options] [PREFIX]` 19 20 #### API Options 21 22 <%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %> 23 <%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_server" %> 24 25 ## Examples 26 27 To export the tree at "vault/" in the key value store: 28 29 ``` 30 $ consul kv export vault/ 31 # JSON output 32 ```