To view version details for a specific cockroach binary, run the cockroach version command:
$ cockroach version
Build Tag: v19.1.11
Build Time: 2020-07-07 00:00:00
Distribution: CCL
Platform: darwin amd64
Go Version: go1.8.3
C Compiler: 4.2.1 Compatible Clang 3.8.0 (tags/RELEASE_380/final)
Build SHA-1: 5b757262d33d814bda1deb2af20161a1f7749df3
Build Type: release
The cockroach version command outputs the following fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
Build Tag |
The CockroachDB version. |
Build Time |
The date and time when the binary was built. |
Distribution |
The scope of the binary. If CCL, the binary contains open-source and enterprise functionality covered by the CockroachDB Community License. If OSS, the binary contains only open-source functionality.To obtain a pure open-source binary, you must build from source using the make buildoss command. |
Platform |
The platform that the binary can run on. |
Go Version |
The version of Go in which the source code is written. |
C Compiler |
The C compiler used to build the binary. |
Build SHA-1 |
The SHA-1 hash of the commit used to build the binary. |
Build Type |
The type of release. If release, release-gnu, or release-musl, the binary is for a production release. If development, the binary is for a testing release. |
