To view version details for a specific cockroach binary, run the cockroach version command:
$ cockroach version Build Tag: v1.1.9 Build Time: 2018-10-01 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. |