NAME

gcloud beta emulators firestore start - start a local Firestore emulator

SYNOPSIS

gcloud beta emulators firestore start [--host-port=HOST_PORT] [--rules=RULES] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

(BETA) This command starts a local Firestore emulator.

EXAMPLES

To start the local Firestore emulator, run:

$ gcloud beta emulators firestore start

To bind to a specific host and port, run:

$ gcloud beta emulators firestore start --host-port=0.0.0.0:8080

To run the local Firestore emulator with a Firebase Rules set, run:

$ gcloud beta emulators firestore start --rules=firestore.rules

FLAGS

--host-port=HOST_PORT

The host:port to which the emulator should be bound. Can take the form of a single address (hostname, IPv4, or IPv6) and/or port:

[ADDRESS][:PORT]

In this format you must enclose IPv6 addresses in square brackets: e.g.

[2001:db8:0:0:0:ff00:42:8329]:8080

The default value is localhost:8080.

--rules=RULES

If set, all projects will use the security rules in this file. More information on Firebase Rules and the syntax for this file is available at https://firebase.google.com/docs/rules.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

NOTES

This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These variants are also available:

$ gcloud emulators firestore start

$ gcloud alpha emulators firestore start