3.1 Command Line Interface (CLI)

The Repstance Command Line Interface utility (repcli) is the interface with the Repstance server, and it is used to configure and manage the server as well as providing a reporting mechanism.

The repcli utility can be invoked directly within this environment, and the user can start to configure Processes without the need for any further configuration.

Use SSH protocol to connect to the Repstance Server and run the repcli command:

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The repcli utility can be configured to communicate with remote Repstance Server using the HTTPS protocol (see chapter 3.1.3 Configure repcli for Remote Access).

The repcli utility can operate in two modes either “Command Mode” or “Fully Interactive Mode“. The two different ways of using Repstance have been developed to provide alternate methods of controlling the product.

If repcli is executed without any parameters it starts functioning in “Fully Interactive Mode”, by default, which means that it will wait for an input command, until user issues the “exit” command at which point it returns to the console.

The “Fully Interactive Mode” is useful for a user to construct and/or configure Repstance, as it provides, at each stage of the process construction, a list of the possible commands and their applicable parameters, see the “Visuals” below.

“Command mode” is more likely to be used when there is a need to “Embed” Repstance functions into a deployment Script for Automation processes within the user’s own environment.