IBM Security Directory Suite command reference

Use the virtual appliance command-line interface to run IBM® Security Directory Suite commands.

Access the command-line interface (CLI) of the virtual appliance by using either an ssh session or the console.
From the command-line interface, log on to the IBM Security Directory Suite virtual appliance. The following message is displayed:
```
Welcome to the IBM Security Directory Suite appliance
Enter "help" for a list of available commands
```
Enter sds to use the IBM Security Directory Suite commands.
```
sdsva.example.com > sds
```
To see a list of available commands, enter the help command at the command-line prompt. The help command provides detailed information about each command from the list.
```
sdsva.example.com:sds> help
```

For the detailed syntax, see the links that are provided next to the description of each command.

Note: In a IBM Security Directory Suite virtual appliance environment where only one Directory Server instance is present, specifying the instance name is optional. To view the name of the existing instance in the virtual appliance use the idsilist command.

The IBM Security Directory Suite commands are categorized into the following folders:

client_tools       SDS client utilities.
firmware_update    Work with the SDS Appliance firmware settings.
migration_tools    Migration utilities.
server_tools       SDS server instance utilites.