lhc configure

Manage CLI profiles. Each profile stores an endpoint URL and an API key for a specific Lakehousecat instance.

Commands

configure

Create or update a profile interactively:

lhc configure [--profile <name>]

Flag	Default	Description
--profile	default	Name of the profile to create or update

Example session:

Configuring profile [default]
Endpoint (e.g. https://my.lakehousecat.com): https://acme.lakehousecat.com
API Key: lhc-...
Profile [default] configured.

The endpoint is stored in ~/.lhc/config and the API key in ~/.lhc/credentials (mode 0600).

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configure list

List all configured profiles:

lhc configure list

Example output:

PROFILE              ENDPOINT
default              https://acme.lakehousecat.com
staging              https://staging.lakehousecat.com

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Profile Storage

File	Contents	Permissions
~/.lhc/config	Endpoint per profile	0644
~/.lhc/credentials	API key per profile	0600

Both files use INI format. Multiple profiles are stored as INI sections. The default profile is stored in the default (unnamed) INI section.

Environment Variable

Set LHC_PROFILE to select a profile without using --profile:

export LHC_PROFILE=staging
lhc instance info   # uses the staging profile