Use the fission app command and its subcommands to work with apps. The main operations are registering an app, publishing an app, and displaying information about an app.
Register an app
The fission app register command initializes a new app and links it to your Fission account.
$ fission app register
👷 Build directory (.):
✅ App initialized as big-narrow-fuchsia-elf.fission.app
⏯️ Next run fission app publish or fission app publish --watch to sync data
💁 It may take DNS time to propagate this initial setup globally. In this case,
you can always view your app at
https://ipfs.runfission.com/ipns/big-narrow-fuchsia-elf.fission.app
You will be prompted for a build directory. The Fission CLI will publish your app from the build directory you select.
If you are using a common build directory, the Fission CLI will detect it when you run fission app register and suggest it. You accept the suggestion or enter another build directory as a relative path from the fission.yaml file.
The Fission CLI will create a fission.yaml configuration file with a list of files to ignore, a URL where your app will be viewable after it is published, and a build directory. See the Fission YAML guide for more information about the fission.yaml file.
You can also use a custom domain name for your app. See the Custom Domains guide to set up a custom domain name.
The fission app register command has advanced options:
$ fission app register --help
Usage: fission app register [--ipfs-bin BIN_PATH] [--ipfs-timeout SECONDS]
[-v|--verbose] [-a|--app-dir PATH]
[-b|--build-dir PATH] [-n|--name NAME]
Initialize an existing app
Available options:
--ipfs-bin BIN_PATH Path to IPFS binary (default: `which ipfs`)
--ipfs-timeout SECONDS IPFS timeout (default: 300)
-v,--verbose Detailed output
-a,--app-dir PATH The file path to initialize the app in (app config,
etc) (default: ".")
-b,--build-dir PATH The file path of the assets or directory to sync
-n,--name NAME Optional app name
-h,--help Show this help text
Publish an app
Use the fission app publish command to publish your app to the web. Run this command from the directory that contains your app's fission.yaml configuration file.
The fission app publish command publishes your app and associates it with the URL in the fission.yaml file. After your app is published, the Fission CLI will output a success message and the URL for your app.
$ fission app publish
🕚🛫 App publish local preflight
✈️ Pushing to remote
🚀 Now live on the network
📝 DNS updated! Check out your site at:
🔗 big-narrow-fuchsia-elf.fission.app
The fission up command is a shortcut for fission app publish.
The fission app publish command has advanced options:
$ fission app publish --help
Usage: fission app publish [--ipfs-bin BIN_PATH] [--ipfs-timeout SECONDS]
[-v|--verbose] [--update-data ARG] [--update-dns ARG]
[-w|--watch] [PATH]
Upload the working directory
Available options:
--ipfs-bin BIN_PATH Path to IPFS binary (default: `which ipfs`)
--ipfs-timeout SECONDS IPFS timeout (default: 300)
-v,--verbose Detailed output
--update-data ARG Upload the data (default: True)
--update-dns ARG Update DNS (default: True)
-w,--watch Watch for changes & automatically trigger upload
PATH The file path of the assets or directory to
sync (default: "./")
-h,--help Show this help text
Continuously Update an App with Watch
You can continuously publish your app by adding the --watch option. The Fission CLI will watch your build directory and publish whenever it detects a change.
$ fission app publish --watch
🕚🛫 App publish local preflight
✈️ Pushing to remote
🚀 Now live on the network
📝 DNS updated! Check out your site at:
🔗 big-narrow-fuchsia-elf.fission.app
This means that as you work in your local development environment, changes are continuously streamed online as you save. Note that some development environments have different code and output options than "production", but this will allow you to quickly and easily share a live online version with other people.
Display information about an app
Use fission app info to display the URL where your app is viewable.
$ fission app info
✅ App available at big-narrow-fuchsia-elf.fission.app
Delegation
The fission app delegate command delegates the capability to work with apps to a DID:
$ fission app delegate --app-name ancient-round-crab --did did:key:z6Mkfr7dWuKb2muJRLiqd7mNZ61iBQD9btiPHemdcHaXcF47
✅ Delegated a UCAN for ancient-round-crab to did:key:z6Mkfr7dWuKb2muJRLiqd7mNZ61iBQD9btiPHemdcHaXcF47
🎫 UCAN: eyJ1YXYiOiIxLjAuMCIsImFsZyI6IkVkRFNBIiwiY3R5IjpudWxsLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.eyJuYmYiOjE2NTczMDM4NzMsImlzcyI6ImRp
ZDprZXk6ejZNa2tYYkxrYjFqaGNhdkNBeW1aa3pKcnY4eWNZVHRzVmU4QndycTlaZFpHbjRLIiwicHJmIjpudWxsLCJhdWQiOiJkaWQ6a2V5Ono2TWtm
cjdkV3VLYjJtdUpSTGlxZDdtTlo2MWlCUUQ5YnRpUEhlbWRjSGFYY0Y0NyIsImZjdCI6W10sInB0YyI6IkFQUEVORCIsInJzYyI6eyJhcHAiOiJhbmNp
ZW50LXJvdW5kLWNyYWIucnVuZmlzc2lvbi5jb20ifSwiZXhwIjoxNjU3MzA0MjAzfQ.lgMvPwJS3aGmLZp5j-dftuUaVktx6EOc4RkL5rATXjrDdqgs-
4CrIxmdq_JzWF1oEkiYYSjspfL9RQl95emFAQ
You can delegate apps you have registered on your machine or delegate from environment variables by setting FISSION_MACHINE_KEY and FISSION_APP_UCAN to an Ed25519 private key and a UCAN whose audience is associated with the key. Both environment variables must be set.
The command assumes least privilege by defaulting to Append potency and limiting the UCAN lifetime to five minutes. Both potency and lifetime can be set when more potency or a longer lifetime are desired.
The fission app delegate command has advanced options:
fission app delegate --help
Usage: fission app delegate (-a|--app-name NAME) (-d|--did DID)
[-p|--potency POTENCY] [-l|--lifetime LIFETIME]
[-q|--quiet]
Delegate capability to an audience DID
Available options:
-a,--app-name NAME The target app
-d,--did DID An audience DID
-p,--potency POTENCY The potency to delegate. Options include Append,
Destroy, or Super_User. (default: "Append")
-l,--lifetime LIFETIME Lifetime in seconds before UCAN expires
(default: 300)
-q,--quiet Only output the UCAN on success
-h,--help Show this help text
