The CLI tools have this syntax:

<tool-name> [options] [command] [command-specific-options]

Specifies the command you want to run. When used with the --help option, displays information about the specified command.

You can also use this option to specify a category of commands when using the --help option. Doing this displays information about all commands within the specified category.

-d, --model-definition <name>

Returns information about the specified request model.

--debug

Includes verbose debug output for troubleshooting purposes.

-h, --help <all>

Displays help information. If you specify the all argument, displays information an all commands. If you specify the --help option, displays information about commands in the specified category.

-k, --check-ssl-cert <true|false>

Whether to enable SSL security checking. When false, insecure connections are allowed.

-m, --model-schema <ModelName>

Returns the JSON-formatted schema for the specified request model.

Password for the specified user account.

The port for the system application that supports the CLI tool.

-r, --realm <realm>

Security realm where your user account is defined.

The hostname or IP address of a system instance.

-u, --username <username>

Username for an account that has permission to access system.

Displays the CLI version.

• To view all available commands, run:

  <cli-tool-name> --help all

• To view all command categories, run:

  <cli-tool-name> --help

• To view all commands within a category, run:

  <cli-tool-name> --help -c <category>

  For example:

  admincli --help -c instances

• To view all information about a single command, run:

  <cli-tool-name> --help -c <command>

  For example:

  admincli --help -c listInstances

Some commands require that you include a JSON-formatted request body along with the command. The command's request model determines how you need to format the request body.

The help command for an individual command indicates what request model it requires.

For example, this help command output indicates that a command to update a service requires a ServiceUpdateModel request:

# ./admincli -c updateServiceConfig -h
usage: updateServiceConfig
Name:
  updateServiceConfig
Description:
  Configure service instances
Added:
  1.0
Usage:
  admincli -c updateServiceConfig <options>
Options:
  --service-update-model <ServiceUpdateModel>
File containing JSON text representing a ServiceUpdateModel for the command 
updateServiceConfig. Use the -m and -d options to retrieve information on request and 
response models.

To view detailed information about the contents of a request model, run:

For example:

To view the JSON format for the request model, run:

You can use the CLI tool's .conf file to specify settings to use every time you run a CLI command.

The CLI configuration file has this format:

{
  "defaultSettings": {
    "checkSSLCert": "[false|true]",(optional)
    "server": "<hostname>",(optional)
    "realm": "[local|<security-realm-name>]",(optional)
    "username": "<your-username>",(optional)
    "password": "<your-password>" (optional)
  }
}

For example, with the following configuration, all commands:

• Are run against the system.example.com system
• Check the SSL certificate for the system before connecting
• Uses the exampleUsersEast security realm to authenticate the specified username and password

{
  "defaultSettings": {
  "checkSSLCert": "true",
  "server": "system.example.com",
  "realm": "exampleUsersEast"
  }
}

You can configure CLI preference by editing the existing .conf files in the CLI installation directory.

The options you specify explicitly in a CLI command override the options specified in the .conf file.

If a CLI request reaches the system and the system returns an error, the CLI response contains:

• An HTTP status code
• Conditionally, a product-specific error code
• A JSON-formatted error response body

This table describes the typical reasons why these HTTP status codes are returned.

Some CLI requests return product-specific error codes in addition to an HTTP status code. These error codes are listed in the errorCodes field in the JSON response body. This table describes these error codes.

Error response bodies have this format:

{
    "statusCode": <HTTP-status-code>,
    "errorCode": <product-specific-error-code>,
    "errorMessage": <message>,
    "errorProperties": [
        {
            "name": <error-property>,
            "message": <error-property-message>
        }
    ]
}