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/usr/bin/buildctl

buildkit client

From buildctl 0.30.0-r4 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running buildctl --help (exit 0). permalink

Also provided by 2 other package versions
NAME:
   buildctl - build utility

USAGE:
   buildctl [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   0.30.0

COMMANDS:
   du               disk usage
   prune            clean up build cache
   prune-histories  clean up build histories
   build, b         build
   debug            debug utilities
   help, h          Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --debug                enable debug output in logs
   --addr value           buildkitd address (default: "unix:///run/buildkit/buildkitd.sock")
   --log-format value     log formatter: json or text (default: "text")
   --tlsservername value  buildkitd server name for certificate validation
   --tlscacert value      CA certificate for validation
   --tlscert value        client certificate
   --tlskey value         client key
   --tlsdir value         directory containing CA certificate, client certificate, and client key. Supported file names are (ca.pem, cert.pem, key.pem) or (ca.crt, tls.crt, tls.key)
   --timeout value        timeout backend connection after value seconds (default: 5)
   --wait                 block RPCs until the connection becomes available
   --help, -h             show help
   --version, -v          print the version
Options (12)
OptionDescriptionSource
--debugenable debug output in logshelp
--addr valuebuildkitd address (default: "unix:///run/buildkit/buildkitd.sock")help
--log-format valuelog formatter: json or text (default: "text")help
--tlsservername valuebuildkitd server name for certificate validationhelp
--tlscacert valueCA certificate for validationhelp
--tlscert valueclient certificatehelp
--tlskey valueclient keyhelp
--tlsdir valuedirectory containing CA certificate, client certificate, and client key.help
--timeout valuetimeout backend connection after value seconds (default: 5)help
--waitblock RPCs until the connection becomes availablehelp
--help, -hshow helphelp
--version, -vprint the versionhelp

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