diff --git a/cmd/backup_yaml.go b/cmd/backup_yaml.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20e44927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/backup_yaml.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/zilliztech/milvus-backup/core/paramtable"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+var configCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "backup_yaml",
+	Short: "backup_yaml is a subcommand to check.  It prints the current backup config file in yaml format to stdio.",
+
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		var params paramtable.BackupParams
+		params.GlobalInitWithYaml(config)
+		params.Init()
+
+		printParams(&params)
+	},
+}
+
+type YAMLConFig struct {
+	Log struct {
+		Level   string `yaml:"level"`
+		Console bool   `yaml:"console"`
+		File    struct {
+			RootPath string `yaml:"rootPath"`
+		}
+		Http struct {
+			SimpleResponse bool `yaml:"simpleResponse"`
+		} `yaml:"http"`
+	} `yaml:"log"`
+	Milvus struct {
+		Address              string `yaml:"address"`
+		Port                 int    `yaml:"port"`
+		AuthorizationEnabled bool   `yaml:"authorizationEnabled"`
+		TlsMode              int    `yaml:"tlsMode"`
+		User                 string `yaml:"user"`
+		Password             string `yaml:"password"`
+	} `yaml:"milvus"`
+	Minio struct {
+		Address          string `yaml:"address"`
+		Port             int    `yaml:"port"`
+		AccessKeyID      string `yaml:"accessKeyID"`
+		secretAccessKey  string `yaml:"secretAccessKey"`
+		UseSSL           bool   `yaml:"useSSL"`
+		UseIAM           bool   `yaml:"useIAM"`
+		CloudProvider    string `yaml:"cloudProvider"`
+		IamEndpoint      string `yaml:"iamEndpoint"`
+		BucketName       string `yaml:"bucketName"`
+		RootPath         string `yaml:"rootPath"`
+		BackupBucketName string `yaml:"backupBucketName"`
+		BackupRootPath   string `yaml:"backupRootPath"`
+	} `yaml:"minio"`
+	Backup struct {
+		MaxSegmentGroupSize string `yaml:"maxSegmentGroupSize"`
+	} `yaml:"backup"`
+}
+
+func init() {
+	checkCmd.AddCommand(configCmd)
+}
+
+func printParams(base *paramtable.BackupParams) {
+
+	yml := YAMLConFig{}
+
+	yml.Log.Level = base.BaseTable.LoadWithDefault("log.level", "debug")
+	yml.Log.Console = base.ParseBool("log.console", false)
+	yml.Log.File.RootPath = base.LoadWithDefault("log.file.rootPath", "backup.log")
+
+	yml.Milvus.Address = base.LoadWithDefault("milvus.address", "localhost")
+	yml.Milvus.Port = base.ParseIntWithDefault("milvus.port", 19530)
+	yml.Milvus.AuthorizationEnabled = base.ParseBool("milvus.authorizationEnabled", false)
+	yml.Milvus.TlsMode = base.ParseIntWithDefault("milvus.tlsMode", 0)
+	yml.Milvus.User = base.BaseTable.LoadWithDefault("milvus.user", "")
+	yml.Milvus.Password = base.BaseTable.LoadWithDefault("milvus.password", "")
+
+	yml.Minio.Address = base.LoadWithDefault("minio.address", "localhost")
+	yml.Minio.Port = base.ParseIntWithDefault("minio.port", 9000)
+	yml.Minio.AccessKeyID = base.BaseTable.LoadWithDefault("minio.accessKeyID", "")
+	yml.Minio.secretAccessKey = base.BaseTable.LoadWithDefault("minio.secretAccessKey", "")
+	yml.Minio.UseSSL = base.ParseBool("minio.useSSL", false)
+	yml.Minio.UseIAM = base.ParseBool("minio.useIAM", false)
+	yml.Minio.CloudProvider = base.BaseTable.LoadWithDefault("minio.cloudProvider", "aws")
+	yml.Minio.IamEndpoint = base.BaseTable.LoadWithDefault("minio.iamEndpoint", "")
+	yml.Minio.BucketName = base.BaseTable.LoadWithDefault("minio.bucketName", "")
+	yml.Minio.RootPath = base.LoadWithDefault("minio.rootPath", "")
+	yml.Minio.BackupBucketName = base.LoadWithDefault("minio.backupBucketName", "")
+	yml.Minio.BackupRootPath = base.LoadWithDefault("minio.backupRootPath", "")
+
+	yml.Backup.MaxSegmentGroupSize = base.LoadWithDefault("backup.maxSegmentGroupSize", "5G")
+
+	bytes, err := yaml.Marshal(yml)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("%s\n%s", strings.Repeat("-", 80), string(bytes))
+}
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index ca7f5ff8..93e4a985 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -10,7 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	config string
+	config        string
+	yamlOverrides []string
 )
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -20,10 +23,14 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		Error(cmd, args, errors.New("unrecognized command"))
 	},
+	PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string){
+		setEnvs(yamlOverrides)
+	},
 }
 
 func Execute() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&config, "config", "", "backup.yaml", "config YAML file of milvus")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&yamlOverrides, "set", []string{}, "Override yaml values using a capitalized snake case format (--set MILVUS_USER=Marco)")
 	rootCmd.CompletionOptions.DisableDefaultCmd = true
 	rootCmd.Execute()
 }
@@ -33,3 +40,12 @@ func SetVersionInfo(version, commit, date string) {
 	println(rootCmd.Version)
 	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Milvus backup version: %s", rootCmd.Version))
 }
+
+// Set environment variables from yamlOverrides
+func setEnvs(envs []string) {
+	for _, e := range envs {
+		env := strings.Split(e, "=")
+		os.Setenv(env[0], env[1])
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/core/paramtable/base_table_test.go b/core/paramtable/base_table_test.go
index 62042192..aac7cc44 100644
--- a/core/paramtable/base_table_test.go
+++ b/core/paramtable/base_table_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package paramtable
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	memkv "github.com/zilliztech/milvus-backup/internal/kv/mem"
-	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestParseDataSizeWithDefault(t *testing.T) {
@@ -37,3 +39,13 @@ func TestParseDataSizeWithDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, size1024000, int64(1024000))
 }
+
+func TestTryLoadFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	base := &BaseTable{
+		params: memkv.NewMemoryKV(),
+	}
+	os.Setenv("MILVUS_USER", "Marco")
+	base.tryLoadFromEnv()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "Marco", base.params.LoadWithDefault("milvus.user", ""))
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 85e42a73..c9c8dd52 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20201208040808-7e3f01d25324
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.48.0
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.0.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -113,7 +114,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
 replace github.com/milvus-io/milvus-sdk-go/v2 => github.com/wayblink/milvus-sdk-go/v2 v2.3.6-beta3