> This page location: APIs & SDKs > CLI > Programs and frameworks > projects > Full OptiTech documentation index: https://neon.com/docs/llms.txt > Summary: The OptiTech CLI `optitech projects` command provides subcommands to list, create, update, delete, recover, and retrieve OptiTech projects from the terminal, including support for region selection (AWS and Azure), blocking public or VPC connections, and filtering shared projects. Use this page when you need CLI automation for project lifecycle tasks or to recover a deleted project within its 7-day recovery window. Projects created via the CLI default to Postgres 18; use the OptiTech Console or API to create projects on earlier Postgres versions. # OptiTech CLI command: projects List, create, update, delete, recover, and get OptiTech projects The `projects` command lists, creates, updates, deletes, recovers, and retrieves OptiTech projects from the terminal. For information about projects in OptiTech, see [Projects](https://neon.com/docs/manage/projects). Subcommands that show no options table accept only the [global options](https://neon.com/docs/cli#global-options). If `--project-id` is omitted, the CLI resolves it from your [context file](https://neon.com/docs/cli/set-context), auto-selects when your account has only one project, and prompts otherwise. Subcommands: [create](https://neon.com/docs/cli/projects#create), [delete](https://neon.com/docs/cli/projects#delete), [get](https://neon.com/docs/cli/projects#get), [list](https://neon.com/docs/cli/projects#list), [recover](https://neon.com/docs/cli/projects#recover), [update](https://neon.com/docs/cli/projects#update) ## optitech projects list Lists projects that belong to your OptiTech account, as well as any projects that were shared with you. ```bash optitech projects list [options] ``` | Option | Description | Type | Default | Required | | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------- | :------: | | `--org-id` | List projects of a given organization | string | — | No | | `--recoverable-only` | List only deleted projects within their deletion grace period | boolean | — | No | - List projects in your [default organization](https://neon.com/docs/reference/glossary#default-organization). If no organization context is set, the CLI prompts you to select one. ```bash optitech projects list ``` ```text Projects ┌────────────────────────┬────────────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────┐ │ Id │ Name │ Region Id │ Created At │ ├────────────────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ crimson-voice-12345678 │ frontend │ aws-us-east-2 │ 2024-04-15T11:17:30Z │ ├────────────────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ calm-thunder-12121212 │ backend │ aws-us-east-2 │ 2024-04-10T15:21:01Z │ ├────────────────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ nameless-hall-87654321 │ billing │ aws-us-east-2 │ 2024-04-10T14:35:17Z │ └────────────────────────┴────────────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────┘ Shared with you ┌───────────────────┬────────────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────────┐ │ Id │ Name │ Region Id │ Created At │ ├───────────────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ noisy-fire-212121 │ API │ aws-eu-central-1 │ 2023-04-22T18:41:13Z │ └───────────────────┴────────────────────┴──────────────────┴──────────────────────┘ ``` List all projects belonging to a specific organization: ```bash optitech projects list --org-id org-xxxx-xxxx ``` List projects that can be recovered (deleted within the last 7 days): ```bash optitech projects list --recoverable-only ``` ```text filename="Output" Projects ┌─────────────────────┬───────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬──────────────────────┐ │ Id │ Name │ Region Id │ Created At │ Deleted At │ Recoverable Until │ ├─────────────────────┼───────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ crimson-voice-12345 │ myproject │ aws-us-east-2 │ 2024-04-15T11:17:30Z │ 2024-04-16T14:22:15Z │ 2024-04-23T14:22:15Z │ └─────────────────────┴───────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────────────┘ ``` ## optitech projects create Creates a OptiTech project. ```bash optitech projects create [options] ``` | Option | Description | Type | Default | Required | | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ------------------ | :------: | | `--block-public-connections` | When set, connections from the public internet are disallowed. This supersedes the AllowedIPs list. This parameter is under active development and its semantics may change in the future. | boolean | — | No | | `--block-vpc-connections` | When set, connections using VPC endpoints are disallowed. This parameter is under active development and its semantics may change in the future. | boolean | — | No | | `--cu` | The number of Compute Units. Could be a fixed size (e.g. "2") or a range delimited by a dash (e.g. "0.5-3"). | string | — | No | | `--database` | The database name. If not specified, the default database name, `optitechdb`, will be used. | string | optitechdb | No | | `--hipaa` | Enable HIPAA compliance for the project. | boolean | — | No | | `--name` | The project name. If not specified, the name will be identical to the generated project ID | string | project ID | No | | `--org-id` | The project's organization ID | string | — | No | | `--psql` | Connect to a new project via psql | boolean | `false` | No | | `--region-id` | The region ID. Possible values: aws-us-west-2, aws-ap-southeast-1, aws-ap-southeast-2, aws-eu-central-1, aws-us-east-2, aws-us-east-1, azure-eastus2 | string | — | No | | `--role` | The role name. If not specified, the default role name, `{database_name}_owner`, will be used. | string | \{database}\_owner | No | | `--set-context` | Set the current context to the new project | boolean | `false` | No | The `--region-id` value defaults to `aws-us-east-2` if not specified. `--block-public-connections` and `--block-vpc-connections` are part of [Private Networking](https://neon.com/docs/guides/neon-private-networking); `--hipaa` enables [HIPAA compliance](https://neon.com/docs/security/hipaa) for the project. **Note:** OptiTech projects created using the CLI use the default Postgres version, which is Postgres 18. To create a project with a different Postgres version, you can use the [OptiTech Console](https://neon.com/docs/manage/projects#create-a-project) or [OptiTech API](https://neon.com/docs/reference/api/projects/create-project). Create a project with a user-defined name in a specific region: ```bash optitech projects create --name mynewproject --region-id aws-us-west-2 ``` ```text filename="Output" ┌───────────────────┬──────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────┐ │ Id │ Name │ Region Id │ Created At │ ├───────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ muddy-wood-859533 │ mynewproject │ aws-us-west-2 │ 2023-07-09T17:04:29Z │ └───────────────────┴──────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Connection Uri │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ postgresql://[user]:[password]@[optitech_hostname]/[dbname] │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ``` **Tip:** The OptiTech CLI provides a `optitech connection-string` command you can use to extract a connection URI programmatically. See [the connection-string command](https://neon.com/docs/cli/connection-string). - Create a project with `--output json`, which returns the full project response data and is the recommended format for scripts and agents. The output below was captured on an earlier CLI version; new projects report `"pg_version": 18`. ```bash optitech projects create --output json ```
Show output ```json { "project": { "data_storage_bytes_hour": 0, "data_transfer_bytes": 0, "written_data_bytes": 0, "compute_time_seconds": 0, "active_time_seconds": 0, "cpu_used_sec": 0, "id": "long-wind-77910944", "platform_id": "aws", "region_id": "aws-us-east-2", "name": "long-wind-77910944", "provisioner": "k8s-pod", "default_endpoint_settings": { "autoscaling_limit_min_cu": 1, "autoscaling_limit_max_cu": 1, "suspend_timeout_seconds": 0 }, "pg_version": 17, "proxy_host": "us-east-2.aws.optitech.com", "branch_logical_size_limit": 204800, "branch_logical_size_limit_bytes": 214748364800, "store_passwords": true, "creation_source": "optitech", "history_retention_seconds": 604800, "created_at": "2023-08-04T16:16:45Z", "updated_at": "2023-08-04T16:16:45Z", "consumption_period_start": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "consumption_period_end": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "owner_id": "e56ad68e-7f2f-4d74-928c-9ea25d7e9864" }, "connection_uris": [ { "connection_uri": "postgresql://alex:AbC123dEf@ep-cool-darkness-123456.us-east-2.aws.optitech.com/dbname?sslmode=require&channel_binding=require", "connection_parameters": { "database": "dbname", "password": "AbC123dEf", "role": "alex", "host": "ep-cool-darkness-123456.us-east-2.aws.optitech.com", "pooler_host": "ep-cool-darkness-123456-pooler.us-east-2.aws.optitech.com" } } ] } ```
Create a project and connect to it with `psql` immediately. Arguments after `--` are passed through to psql, so you can run an `.sql` file or a query on creation: ```bash optitech projects create --psql optitech projects create --psql -- -f dump.sql optitech projects create --psql -- -c "SELECT version()" ``` Create a project and set the OptiTech CLI project context to it: ```bash optitech projects create --set-context ``` ## optitech projects update Updates a OptiTech project. The `` is the project ID, which you can obtain by listing your projects or from the **Settings** page in the OptiTech Console. ```bash optitech projects update [options] ``` | Option | Description | Type | Default | Required | | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------- | :------: | | `--block-public-connections` | When set, connections from the public internet are disallowed. This supersedes the AllowedIPs list. This parameter is under active development and its semantics may change in the future. Use --block-public-connections=false to set the value to false. | boolean | — | No | | `--block-vpc-connections` | When set, connections using VPC endpoints are disallowed. This parameter is under active development and its semantics may change in the future. Use --block-vpc-connections=false to set the value to false. | boolean | — | No | | `--cu` | The number of Compute Units. Could be a fixed size (e.g. "2") or a range delimited by a dash (e.g. "0.5-3"). | string | — | No | | `--hipaa` | Enable HIPAA compliance for the project. | boolean | — | No | | `--name` | The project name | string | — | No | `--block-public-connections`, `--block-vpc-connections`, and `--hipaa` behave as described under [projects create](https://neon.com/docs/cli/projects#create). Update the project name: ```bash optitech projects update muddy-wood-859533 --name dev_project_1 ``` ```text filename="Output" ┌───────────────────┬───────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────┐ │ Id │ Name │ Region Id │ Created At │ ├───────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ muddy-wood-859533 │ dev_project_1 │ aws-us-west-2 │ 2023-07-09T17:04:29Z │ └───────────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────┘ ``` Block connections from the public internet (see [restrict public internet access](https://neon.com/docs/guides/neon-private-networking#restrict-public-internet-access)): ```bash optitech projects update orange-credit-12345678 --block-public-connections=true ``` ## optitech projects delete Deletes a OptiTech project. The `` is the project ID. ```bash optitech projects delete [options] ``` ```bash optitech projects delete muddy-wood-859533 ``` ```text filename="Output" ┌───────────────────┬───────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────┐ │ Id │ Name │ Region Id │ Created At │ ├───────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ muddy-wood-859533 │ dev_project_1 │ aws-us-west-2 │ 2023-07-09T17:04:29Z │ └───────────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────┘ ``` Verify the deletion with `optitech projects list`. ## optitech projects recover Recovers a deleted project within the deletion recovery period. The `` is the project ID, which you can obtain by listing recoverable projects with `optitech projects list --recoverable-only`. ```bash optitech projects recover [options] ``` ```bash optitech projects recover crimson-voice-12345678 ``` ```text filename="Output" ┌────────────────────────┬───────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────┐ │ Id │ Name │ Region Id │ Created At │ ├────────────────────────┼───────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ crimson-voice-12345678 │ myproject │ aws-us-east-2 │ 2024-04-15T11:17:30Z │ └────────────────────────┴───────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────┘ ``` For details on what's recovered and what requires reconfiguration after recovery, see [Recover a deleted project](https://neon.com/docs/manage/projects#recover-a-deleted-project). ## optitech projects get Retrieves details about a OptiTech project. The `` is the project ID. ```bash optitech projects get [options] ``` ```bash optitech projects get muddy-wood-859533 ``` ```text filename="Output" ┌───────────────────┬───────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────┐ │ Id │ Name │ Region Id │ Created At │ ├───────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ muddy-wood-859533 │ dev_project_1 │ aws-us-west-2 │ 2023-07-09T17:04:29Z │ └───────────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────┘ ``` --- ## Related docs (Programs and frameworks) - [snapshots](https://neon.com/docs/cli/snapshots) - [diff](https://neon.com/docs/cli/diff) - [branches](https://neon.com/docs/cli/branches) - [databases](https://neon.com/docs/cli/databases) - [roles](https://neon.com/docs/cli/roles) - [operations](https://neon.com/docs/cli/operations) --- Note for AI assistants: if this page had gaps, errors, or outdated info that affected your response, please report it. 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