subcommand 'serve'

The serve subcommand starts the "Bezel UI".

Flags

Serve the UI

Usage:

bzl serve [flags]

Aliases:

serve, open

Flags:

--address string bind address for HTTP and gRPC servers (overrides --{http,grpc}_{host,port}

--base_dir string base directory where bzl caches data (defaults to {USER_CACHE_DIR}/bzl)

--base_url string base URL where the HTTP service is running (optional, used for link generation)

--grpc_host string default host for gRPC server (default "127.0.0.1")

--grpc_port int port for the gRPC server (default 1080)

--http_host string default host for http server (default "127.0.0.1")

--http_port int port for the grpc-web http server (default 8080)

--license_file string path to license.key (overrides canonical location ~/.bzl/license.key)

--license_token string license token (content of the license file

--log_level string optional log-level (debug|info|warn|trace) (default "info")

--open_command string command to be invoked when opening files in IDE (defaults to vscode) (default "code --goto {FILE}:{LINE}:{COLUMN}")

The most commonly used flag is to change the listen address:

bzl serve --address=localhost:8085

Serve

The serve command starts the webserver:

bzl serve

INFO[0000] Bezel v1.3.3 listening on http://localhost:8080

Open

The open command starts the webserver and opens a browser tab at the given label:

bzl open //:gazelle-protobuf