3.5.1 Matrix Server Command Reference

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When you issue a mx command without specifying a server name, as in the

following example, it connects to the machine specified as the default in the

.matrixrc file.

mx server status

To connect to a different server, include the --matrix option and specify the

server name on the command line. For example, the following command

connects to server acme1 as user admin using the password secret1.

mx --matrix srv1 server status

Use wildcards

You can use wildcards in the .matrixrc file to match machine names:

srv* admin secret1

srv3 admin secret1 default

In the following command, --matrix srv8 matches the wildcard. When the

--matrix option is not specified, the connection is made to srv3, the default;

the machine specified as the default cannot contain a wildcard.

mx --matrix srv8 server status

If you specify any server names in addition to the wildcard, the wildcard

must be at the end of the list of servers as in the above example. The wildcard

matches servers according to the order in which they are listed in the file and

can mask other entries that appear below it in the list.

Group servers

This method allows mx to connect to any available server in the cluster

without the need to specify a server name on the command line. To use this

method, enclose the server entries in brackets, as in the following example for

the prod matrix.

# production cluster

prod {

srv1 admin secret1

srv2 admin secret1

srv3 admin secret1 default

}