Can octavia CLI be used to update a specific conne...
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Can octavia CLI be used to update a specific connector's version?
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Yes, the Octavia CLI can be used to update a specific connector's version in Airbyte. Here are the steps you can follow: 1. First, you need to generate local YAML files for the connector you want to update. You can do this by retrieving the definition id of the connector using the
octavia list
command, and then generate the YAML configuration by running
octavia generate source <DEFINITION_ID> <SOURCE_NAME>
or
octavia generate destination <DEFINITION_ID> <DESTINATION_NAME>
. [source](https://docs.airbyte.com/cli-documentation) 2. After generating the YAML files, you can make the necessary changes to the connector version in the YAML file. 3. Once you've made the changes, you can propagate these changes to your Airbyte instance using the
octavia apply
command. This command will prompt you for validation of the changes. If you want to bypass the validation step, you can use the
--force
flag. [source](https://docs.airbyte.com/cli-documentation) Here's an example of how the
octavia apply
command works:
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bash $ octavia apply   🐙 - weather exists on your Airbyte instance, let's check if we need to update it!   👀 - Here's the computed diff (🚨 remind that diff on secret fields are not displayed):    E - Value of root['lat'] changed from "46.7603" to "45.7603".   ❓ - Do you want to update weather? [y/N]: y   ✍️ - Running update because a diff was detected between local and remote resource.   🎉 - Successfully updated weather on your Airbyte instance!   💾 - New state for weather stored at ./sources/weather/state_<workspace_id>.yaml.
[source](https://docs.airbyte.com/cli-documentation) Please note that Octavia will validate the configuration against a JSON schema and will fail to apply the changes if it finds any configuration error. If an error occurs, you will get a stack trace from the API response. [source](https://airbyte.com/tutorials/version-control-airbyte-configurations) Also, after you apply some configuration changes with Octavia, no connection test will be run like when you save connector settings in the UI. You can still use the UI to test that the source setting allows Airbyte to connect. [source](https://airbyte.com/tutorials/version-control-airbyte-configurations)