how to access render console in local Ubuntu terminal

Coming from Heroku, the command I miss the most is to connect to the database. Compared to ssh, it's less obvious with psql how to safely use credentials in shell and shell scripts, so it would be great for the CLI to handle it.

I'd love to see a way to get database connection strings (psql, postgres://) from the render CLI. My use case is that I would like to use the pgsync tool (https://github.com/ankane/pgsync) to transfer selected data from production to a preview database. Currently the workflow requires me to go locate the source and destination URL in the web interface, then copy and paste into my pgsync.yml.

However, it would be nicer if I could have pgsync.yml shell out to render-cli, fetch the proper URL and then it just works. It would be more consistent and less error prone since it's fully automated, while still protecting the credentials/connection strings since nobody is plaintext copy/pasting them anywhere.

From Ed Ropple at https://community.render.com/t/release-announcement-render-cli-v0-1-3-now-via-homebrew/8430:

Hey folks! We announced v0.1.0 of the new Render CLI just before the holidays, with more to come. I’ve been cooking on distribution and making it easier for you to get hold of it.

On your Mac (Linux Homebrew isn’t tested but should work as well), you can go:

And you should have yourself a shiny CLI in a few minutes.

All of this will be getting into our docs pretty soon. We wanted to get this stuff into a good spot before opening it up, but also wanted our community folks to get an early bite at the apple.

Thanks for using Render!

Hey folks! We've released the alpha of today. Details over on the community forum: https://community.render.com/t/release-announcement-render-cli-v0-1-0/7424

Thanks for your patience, and I look forward to your feedback!

Hey folks - just a heads-up, but this is under active development. The first release will be pretty skinny, as we've been working on getting the core building blocks right before we've pushed for features, but we hear you, and it's underway.

cli variable updates would be a lovely feature. cron config too :)

It would be awesome if the CLI could run Blueprints locally.