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General CLI Options
With the Application Services command-line interface options, you can deploy an application, update a
deployed application, or tear down an application from the cloud.
After you log in to the CLI program, in the roo shell prompt, press the Tab key to display the list of
available command options. Your access to the command options depends on your assigned user role.
For information about user roles and their allowed functions, see Chapter 5 Setting Up Users and Groups.
If you use multiple words with spaces between the words, enclose the words in quotation marks. Often
after you enter a command, the system displays many details, in addition to indicating whether the
command was successful.
Note Do not use command options that are not available in CLI.
Table 201. General CLI Commands
CLI Command Description
help
Lists use information.
cliversion
Displays the CLI version information.
login
Logs in the current user to the roo shell.
logout
Logs out the current user without closing the roo shell prompt.
You can log out and log in as a different user.
status
Indicates whether a user is logged in. If a user is logged in, user
name is displayed.
exit
Exits the CLI program.
Managing Cloud Tunnels
You can perform operations such as creating, updating, enabling, or deleting a secure cloud tunnel
connection between the Application Services appliance and an Endpoint VM in an Amazon EC2 VPC.
Log in to Application Services as an application cloud administrator.
See Create a Cloud Tunnel to Connect to Amazon EC2.
Using Application Services
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