---
name: paperos-cli-databases
description: Tenant database operations for the white-labeled paperos CLI. Use when customers need to list database servers, provision daemons, copy databases, or empty a database.
---

# paperos CLI Databases

Use this for tenant database workflows.

## List all tenant database resources

```sh
paperos databases list
```

## Provision a database server (daemon CT)

MariaDB:

```sh
paperos databases create-server --type mariadb mariadb-svc2
```

PostgreSQL:

```sh
paperos databases create-server --type postgresql pg-svc2
```

## Copy a database

Create a new target database during copy:

```sh
paperos databases copy --bunch paperos-dev --new prod-copy-aj 'mysql://user:pass@host/db'
```

Copy into an existing target database:

```sh
paperos databases copy --target 'mysql://user:pass@host/db_target' 'mysql://user:pass@host/db_source'
```

## Empty a database (destructive)

```sh
paperos databases empty --target 'mysql://user:pass@host/db' --confirm
```