gcloud alpha emulators firestore start

NAME
gcloud alpha emulators firestore start - start a local Firestore emulator
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha emulators firestore start [--database-mode=DATABASE_MODE] [--host-port=HOST_PORT] [--rules=RULES] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) This command starts a local Firestore emulator.
EXAMPLES
To start the local Firestore emulator, run:
gcloud alpha emulators firestore start

To bind to a specific host and port, run:

gcloud alpha emulators firestore start --host-port=0.0.0.0:8080

To run the local Firestore emulator with a Firebase Rules set, run:

gcloud alpha emulators firestore start --rules=firestore.rules

To run the local Firestore emulator in Datastore Mode, run:

gcloud alpha emulators firestore start --database-mode=datastore-mode
FLAGS
--database-mode=DATABASE_MODE
The database mode to start the Firestore Emulator in. The valid options are:
`firestore-native` (default): start the emulator in Firestore Native
`datastore-mode`: start the emulator in Datastore Mode
--host-port=HOST_PORT
The host:port to which the emulator should be bound. Can take the form of a single address (hostname, IPv4, or IPv6) and/or port:
[ADDRESS][:PORT]

In this format you must enclose IPv6 addresses in square brackets: e.g.

[2001:db8:0:0:0:ff00:42:8329]:8080

The default value is localhost:8080.

--rules=RULES
If set, all projects will use the security rules in this file. More information on Firebase Rules and the syntax for this file is available at https://firebase.google.com/docs/rules.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

NOTES
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloud emulators firestore start
gcloud beta emulators firestore start