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ZITADEL Command Line Interface

This documentation serves as your guide to interacting with Zitadel through the command line interface (CLI). The Zitadel CLI empowers you to manage various aspects of your Zitadel system efficiently from your terminal.

This introductory section provides a brief overview of what the Zitadel CLI offers and who can benefit from using it.

Let's dive in!

Download the CLI​

Download the CLI for Linux or MacOS.

Quick start​

The easiest way to start ZITADEL is by following the docker compose example which executes the commands for you.

Initialize the database​

The zitadel init-command sets up the zitadel database. The statements executed need a user with ADMIN-privilege. See init phase for more information.

Setup ZITADEL​

The zitadel setup-command further sets up the database created using zitadel init. This command only requires the user created in the previous step. See setup phase for more information.

Start ZITADEL​

The zitadel start-command runs the ZITADEL server. See runtime phase for more information.

The zitadel start-from-setup-command first executes the setup phase and afterwards runs the ZITADEL server.

The zitadel start-from-init-command first executes the init phase, afterwards the setup phase and lastly runs the ZITADEL server.