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# astro dev object export

<Info>The behavior and format of this command are the same for both Astro and Astro Private Cloud.</Info>

Export Airflow variables, connections, and pools from a locally running environment to a local file and format of your choice. By default, the command exports all Airflow objects to the `airflow_settings.yaml` file in your Astro project.

## Usage

After starting your local Airflow environment with `astro dev start`, run:

```sh wrap theme={null}
astro dev object export
```

By default, the command exports all variables, connections, and pools as YAML configurations to `airflow_settings.yaml`.

## Options

| Option                 | Description                                                                                                                                                 | Possible Values    |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ |
| `--compose`            | Export the Docker Compose file used to start Airflow locally.                                                                                               |                    |
| `--compose-file`       | The location Docker Compose file to export. The default is `compose.yaml`.                                                                                  | Any valid filepath |
| `-c`,`--connections`   | Export connections to a given local file                                                                                                                    | \`\`               |
| `-e`,`--env`           | Location of the file to export Airflow objects to as Astro environment variables. Use this option only with `--env-export`. The default file path is `env`. | Any valid filepath |
| `-n`,`--env-export`    | Export Airflow objects as Astro environment variables.                                                                                                      | \`\`               |
| `-p`,`--pools`         | Export pools to a given local file                                                                                                                          | \`\`               |
| `-s`,`--settings-file` | Location of the file to export Airflow objects to as YAML configuration. The default file path is `airflow_settings.yaml`.                                  | Any valid filepath |
| `-v`,`--variables`     | Export variables to a given local file                                                                                                                      | \`\`               |

## Examples

```sh wrap theme={null}
astro dev object export --pools
# Exports only pools from the local Airflow environment to `airflow_settings.yaml`

astro dev object export --env-export --env="myairflowenv.env"
# Exports all Airflow objects from the local Airflow environment as
# Astro variables to a file in the project named `myairflowenv.env`
```

## Related commands

* [`astro dev object import`](/docs/cli/v1.41/astro-dev-object-import)
* [`astro deployment variable create`](/docs/cli/v1.41/astro-deployment-variable-create)
* [`astro deployment variable update`](/docs/cli/v1.41/astro-deployment-variable-update)