kibana/packages/kbn-bazel-runner

---
id: kibDevDocsOpsBazelRunner
slug: /kibana-dev-docs/ops/bazel-runner
title: "@kbn/bazel-runner"
description: A package holding helpers to invoke Bazel
date: 2022-05-24
tags: ['kibana', 'dev', 'contributor', 'operations', 'bazel', 'runner']
---

This is a package with helpers for invoking bazel and iBazel commands, used everywhere we programmatically run bazel.

## async runBazel(options: BazelRunOptions)

It runs bazel on the background with the given options

## async runIBazel(options: BazelRunOptions)

It runs a IBazel on the background with the given options

### BazelRunOptions

```
{
  // a logger to print the command output
  log: ToolingLog;
  // the arguments to run the bazel or ibazel with
  bazelArgs: string[];
  // run bazel with the no connection compatible config or not
  offline?: boolean;
  // additional options to pass into execa process
  execaOpts?: execa.Options;
}
```

### execa.Options

Info around available execa options can be found [here](https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa/blob/9a157b3bc247b19d55cc6fbec77800a5ac348d19/readme.md#options)