Virtual appliance command-line interface
Access the command-line interface (CLI) of the virtual appliance by using either an ssh session or the console.
The IBM® Security Identity Governance and Intelligence virtual appliance CLI commands are broadly divided into the two sections such as current mode commands and global commands. The topic provides information about the IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence virtual appliance CLI commands for the following functions.
The following example shows the transcript of using an ssh session to access the
virtual appliance.
usernameA@example.com> ssh -l admin igiva.example.com
admin@igiva.example.com's password:
Welcome to the IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence appliance
Enter "help" for a list of available commands
igiva.example.com> igi
igiva.example.com:igi> help
Current mode commands:
cli Work with the command line interface.
firmware Work with firmware images.
fixpacks Work with fix packs.
igi Work with the IBM Security Identity Governance and
Intelligence settings.
license Work with licenses.
lmi Work with the local management interface.
management Work with management settings.
snapshots Work with policy snapshot files.
support Work with support information files.
tools Work with network diagnostic tools.
Global commands:
back Return to the previous command mode.
exit Log off from the appliance.
help Display information for using the specified command.
reboot Reboot the appliance.
shutdown End system operation and turn off the power.
top Return to the top level.
igiva.example.com:igi>The following command is listed only if the virtual appliance was enabled for FIPS.
fips View FIPS 140-2 state and events.You can also access the console by using the appropriate VMware software. For example, VMware vSphere Client.
Note: The CLI contains only a subset of the functions that are available in the graphical user
interface.