---
title: pulumi env open | CLI commands
url: /docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_env_open/
---

Open the environment with the given name.

## Synopsis

Open the environment with the given name and return the result

This command opens the environment with the given name. The result is written to
stdout as JSON. If a property path is specified, only retrieves that property.

```
pulumi env open [<org-name>/][/]<environment-name>[@<version>] [property path] [flags]
```

## Options

```
      --draft string        open an environment draft with --draft=<change-request-id>
  -f, --format string       the output format to use. May be 'dotenv', 'json', 'yaml', 'detailed', 'shell' or 'string' (default "json")
  -h, --help                help for open
  -l, --lifetime duration   the lifetime of the opened environment in the form HhMm (e.g. 2h, 1h30m, 15m) (default 2h0m0s)
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --color string                 Colorize output. Choices are: always, never, raw, auto (default "auto")
  -C, --cwd string                   Run pulumi as if it had been started in another directory
      --disable-integrity-checking   Disable integrity checking of checkpoint files
  -e, --emoji                        Enable emojis in the output
      --env string                   The name of the environment to operate on.
  -Q, --fully-qualify-stack-names    Show fully-qualified stack names
      --logflow                      Flow log settings to child processes (like plugins)
      --logtostderr                  Log to stderr instead of to files
      --memprofilerate int           Enable more precise (and expensive) memory allocation profiles by setting runtime.MemProfileRate
      --non-interactive              Disable interactive mode for all commands
      --otel-traces string           Export OpenTelemetry traces to the specified endpoint. Use file:// for local JSON files, grpc:// for remote collectors
      --profiling string             Emit CPU and memory profiles and an execution trace to '[filename].[pid].{cpu,mem,trace}', respectively
      --tracing file:                Emit tracing to the specified endpoint. Use the file: scheme to write tracing data to a local file
  -v, --verbose int                  Enable verbose logging (e.g., v=3); anything >3 is very verbose
```

## SEE ALSO

* [pulumi env](/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_env/)	 - Manage environments