About dbt debug command

dbt debug is a utility function to test the database connection and display information for debugging purposes, such as the validity of your project file, the dbt version, and your installation of any requisite dependencies (like git when you run dbt deps).

*Note: Not to be confused with debug-level logging via the --debug option which increases verbosity.

Example usage

Only test the connection to the data platform and skip the other checks dbt debug looks for:

$ dbt debug --connection

Show the configured location for the profiles.yml file and exit:

$ dbt debug --config-dir
To view your profiles.yml file, run:

open /Users/alice/.dbt