Server CLI Reference
Man page and instructions for using the NGINX Instance Manager CLI.
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This document is intended to help people run NGINX Instance Manager on the command line.
Prerequisites
Install NGINX Instance Manager and know where the binary location is. By default, the packager installs nginx-manager to /usr/sbin/nginx-manager.
Usage
nginx-manager is the CLI binary for NGINX Instance Manager.
Usage:
nginx-manager [flags]
Flags:
--audit-log string set API access log path
--auth enable auth checks on server
--bind-address string set the bind address for all service ports (default "localhost")
--cert string Path to x.509 certificate file
--gateway-port string set gRPC-gateway service port for API and UI (default "11000")
--grpc-port string set gRPC service port for agent communication (default "10000")
--headless disable UI service
-h, --help help for nginx-manager
--key string set path to x.509 certificate key file
--license string set path to the license file
--log-level string set log level (panic, fatal, error, info, debug, trace, info) (default "info")
--log-path string set log path and if empty log only to stdout/stderr (default "/var/log/nginx-manager/")
--login enable temp login page
--metrics-storage-path string set storage path on disk for metrics (default "/tmp/metrics")
--rbac enable Role-Based Access Control
--server-name string set the bind address for all service ports
--skip-validation disable NGINX config validation in editor
-v, --version version for nginx-manager