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Chapter 1 Overview of the ACS Command Line Interface
Types of Command Modes in ACS
You can always tell when you are in the Operator (user) mode or Admin (EXEC) mode by looking at the
prompt. A right angle bracket (>) appears at the end of the Operator (user) mode prompt; a pound sign
(#) appears at the end of the Admin mode prompt, regardless of the submode.
The ACS configuration mode requires a specific, authorized user role to execute each ACS configuration
command; see
ACS Configuration Commands, page 1-8
.
Types of Command Modes in ACS
ACS supports these command modes:
•
EXEC—Use the commands in this mode to perform system-level configuration. In addition, certain
EXEC mode commands have ACS-specific abilities. See
EXEC Commands, page 1-5
.
•
ACS configuration—Use the commands in this mode to import or export configuration data,
synchronize configuration information between the primary and secondary ACS, reset IP address
filtering and management interface certificate, define debug logging and show the logging status.
This mode requires an administrator user account to log in and perform the ACS
configuration-related commands. See
ACS Configuration Commands, page 1-8
.
•
Configuration—Use the commands in this mode to perform additional configuration tasks in ACS.
See
Configuration Commands, page 1-10
.
EXEC Commands
EXEC commands primarily include system-level commands such as
show
and
reload
(for example,
application installation, application start and stop, copy files and installations, restore backups, and
display information). In addition, certain EXEC-mode commands have ACS-specific abilities (for
example, start an ACS instance, display and export ACS logs, and reset an ACS configuration to factory
default settings.
•
Table 1-2
lists the EXEC commands and provides a short description of each.
•
Table 1-3
lists the show commands in the EXEC mode and provides a short description of each.
For detailed information on EXEC commands, see
Understanding Command Modes, page 2-6
.
EXEC or System-Level Commands
Table 1-2
describes the EXEC mode commands.
Table 1-2
Summary of EXEC Commands
Command
Description
acs start | stop
Starts or stops an ACS server.
acs start | stop
process
Starts or stops a process in ACS.
acs backup
Performs a backup of an ACS configuration.
acs-config
Enters the ACS Configuration mode.
acs delete core
Deletes an ACS run-time core file or JVM core log.
acs delete log
Deletes an ACS run-time core file or JVM core log excluding the latest log.
