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hessian start

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hessian start

Start Hessian locally

Synopsis

Start the local development environment using Docker or Podman with a live status dashboard.

hessian start [flags]

Options

Flag Type Description
-h, --help “ help for start

Options inherited from parent commands

Flag Type Description
--api_url string API URL (overrides the active context) (default “http://localhost:8000”)
--config string config file (default is $HOME/.hessian/config.yaml)
--debug “ Enable debug logging
-H, --header strings Add custom header(s) to requests (format: ‘Key: Value’). Can be repeated.
--json “ Output in JSON format (overrides —output)
--profile string Context profile to use (overrides current_context and HESSIAN_PROFILE)

See also

Last updated on 2-May-2026