CommandLines

CommandLines

The bin subdirectory of an IdP installation provides multiple command line utilities. Many (but not all) are a thin veneer over the https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IDP5/pages/3199511365.

Command Line

Description

Command Line

Description

aacli

Calls the https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IDP5/pages/3199511404 web service

build

Rebuilds the war file after a change to edit-webapp as described here

dumpconfig

Call the https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IDP5/pages/3230924801 web service

keygen

Creates a self signed key pair. Referenced by examples in https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IDP5/pages/3199501624

mdquery

Calls the https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IDP5/pages/3199511464 web service

module

Manages Modules

plugin

Manages plugins https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IDP5/pages/3199500688

reload-metadata

Calls the https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IDP5/pages/3199511489 web service

reload-service

Calls the https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IDP5/pages/3199507931#ReloadableServices-ReloadURL web service

sealer

Allows direct encryption/decryption of data using the IdP’s secret key and data sealing mechanism

seckeygen

Described in https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IDP5/pages/3199501624

setacl (Windows Only)

Sets restrictive ACLs over an IdP installation as described here

status

Calls the https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IDP5/pages/3199511520 web service

update

Checks for and optionally downloads new versions of the IdP, as described in https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IDP5/pages/3227189249

version

Displays the currently installed IdP version