Cells binary client commands
Pydio Cells comes out-of-the-box with a powerful CLI (Command Line Interface) to control the services, integrate with the host system and perform admin tasks with no need for a graphical interface.
For instance, you can simply launch the server from a terminal by typing:
# Home Edition
$ ./cells start
# Enterprise edition
$ ./cells-enterprise start
NOTE: it is not the correct way of launching the application when running in production mode, as it will exit when closing the terminal.
In the rest of this section, when showing terminal commands, we will assume that:
- You are in the same folder as the binary file or the application has been installed in the
PATHof your Operating System. - You are using Pydio Cells Home Edition. For this matters, both versions are pretty the same, just replace
cellsbycells-enterprise.
Pydio Cells comes also with an extended command line tool, cells-ctl that is a simple but full fledge client offering most of the important end-user features that can be found in the web interface. You will find more information about this tools in the corresponding section of the Advanced chapter.
Available Commands
$ ./cells --help
Usage:
./cells [flags]
./cells [command]
Available Commands:
config Configuration Manager
doc Generate ReST documentation for this command
help Help about any command
install Pydio Cells Installer
install-cli Pydio Cells Command-Line Installer
list List all available services and their statuses
start Start Cells services
stop Stop one or more services
update Check for available updates and apply them
version Display current version of this software
Flags:
--fork Used internally by application when forking processes
--grpc_cert string Certificates used for communication via grpc
--grpc_key string Certificates used for communication via grpc
-h, --help help for ./cells
--log string Sets the log level mode (default "info")
--registry string Registry used to manage services (default "nats")
Use "./cells [command] --help" for more information about a command.
A few highlights
Launch the installation process (and optionnaly completely go through it, with thus no need for a graphical interface to install Pydio)
./cells install
Start and the server or a given service:
# For instance, to enable debug mode
./cells start --log debug
# Start just a couple of services
./cells start nats pydio.grpc.config pydio.api.proxy
# Start all services except one, here the dav server
./cells start -x pydio.rest.gateway.dav
Display Configuration of the running instance.
./cells config list
That is handy to retrieve the default credential used by the front end to communicate with the backend.
List Services: Pydio Cells is built following principles of the Micro Service architecture, having each part of the application communicating with the rest via messages and auto discovery using a registry (see the overall architecture section to get a better understanding). To list the currently registered services and their respective status, use the 'list' command:
$ ./cells list
GENERIC SERVICES
# discovery
nats [X]
# frontend
pydio.api.front-plugins [X]
# gateway
micro.api [X]
pydio.api.websocket [X]
pydio.rest.gateway.dav [X]
pydio.rest.gateway.wopi [X]
GRPC SERVICES
# broker
pydio.grpc.activity [X]
pydio.grpc.chat [X]
pydio.grpc.log [X]
pydio.grpc.mailer [X]
# data
pydio.grpc.data-key [X]
pydio.grpc.docstore [X]
pydio.grpc.meta [X]
pydio.grpc.search [X]
[...]
For additional information, we strongly encourage you to refer to the manual page that can be found in-line when using the tool: ./cells --help.