dbx by Databricks Labs

DataBricks CLI eXtensions - aka dbx is a CLI tool for advanced Databricks jobs management.

Concept
Requirements
Installation
Quickstart
Documentation
Differences from other tools
Limitations
Versioning
Legal Information
Feedback
Contributing

Concept 

dbx simplifies jobs launch and deployment process across multiple environments. It also helps to package your project and deliver it to your Databricks environment in a versioned fashion. Designed in a CLI-first manner, it is built to be actively used both inside CI/CD pipelines and as a part of local tooling for fast prototyping.

Requirements 

Python Version > 3.6
pip or conda

Installation 

with pip:

pip install dbx

Quickstart 

Please refer to the Quickstart section.

Documentation 

Please refer to the docs page.

Differences from other tools 

Tool	Comment
databricks-cli	dbx is NOT a replacement for databricks-cli. Quite the opposite - dbx is heavily dependent on databricks-cli and uses most of the APIs exactly from databricks-cli SDK.
mlflow cli	dbx is NOT a replacement for mlflow cli. dbx uses some of the MLflow APIs under the hood to store serialized job objects, but doesn’t use mlflow CLI directly.
Databricks Terraform Provider	While dbx is primarily oriented on versioned job management, Databricks Terraform Provider provides much wider set of infrastructure settings. In comparison, dbx doesn’t provide infrastructure management capabilities, but brings more flexible deployment and launch options.
cicd-templates	cicd-templates is a Python project template, which actively uses dbx for jobs management and CI-related operations. You can choose, whenever you would like to use this template, or use dbx separately and choose the project structure on your own.
Databricks Stack CLI	Databricks Stack CLI is a great component for managing a stack of objects. dbx concentrates on the versioning and packaging jobs together, not treating files and notebooks as a separate component.

Limitations 

Python > 3.6
dbx execute can only be used on clusters with Databricks ML Runtime 7.X and only for Python-based projects.

Versioning 

For CLI interfaces, we support SemVer approach. However, for API components we don’t use SemVer as of now. This may lead to instability when using dbx API methods directly.

Legal Information 

This software is provided as-is and is not officially supported by Databricks through customer technical support channels. Support, questions, and feature requests can be communicated through the Issues page of this repo. Please see the legal agreement and understand that issues with the use of this code will not be answered or investigated by Databricks Support.

Feedback 

Issues with dbx? Found a bug? Have a great idea for an addition? Feel free to file an issue.

Contributing 

Please find more details about contributing to dbx in the contributing doc.