Admin Commands

The admin_commands section allows you to define ad-hoc commands that can be executed inside a running container from the shell.

Note: If you are calling admin commands from a script use the --no-tty flag.

Executing

$ <shell_alias> <command_alias> <params>

or

$ replicated admin <command_alias> <params>

or

$ docker exec -it replicated replicated admin <command_alias> <params>

or from a script

$ replicated admin --no-tty <command_alias> <params>

CLI Script Flags

Note: These flags are only supported when running a command from the host machine and not supported when calling a command from a custom backup script.

| Flag | Short | Description | | –interactive[=0|1] | -i | Keep STDIN open even if not attached | | –tty[=0|1] | -t | Allocate a pseudo-TTY |

Note: When using the “replicated” command, the script will attempt to detect a TTY as well as whether or not to open STDIN based on the invocation of the command. In some cases it may be best to define this explicitly when running the command. The --interactive and --tty have been provided to manually override the autodetected behavior. If either of these flags have been specified, Replicated will no longer try to detect TTY or STDIN. If you are calling admin commands from a script use the --tty=0 flag to disable allocation of a pseudo-TTY. When running a command via a custom backup script or calling docker exec directly use the --no-tty flag.

Examples

Explicitly open STDIN and allocate a pseudo-TTY.

$ replicated -it admin <command_alias> <params>

Disable both STDIN and TTY.

$ replicated --interactive=0 --tty=0 admin <command_alias> <params>

Examples

nginx-reload

This example admin command will create a shell alias to allow mycli nginx-reload to execute the command service nginx reload inside the running nginx container. This same admin command will also be available to run with replicated admin nginx-reload, or simply as nginx-reload

properties:
  shell_alias: mycli
admin_commands:
- alias: nginx-reload
  command: [service, nginx, reload]
  run_type: exec
  component: MyComponent
  container: nginx

redis-sadd

This example admin command will create a shell alias to allow mycli redis-sadd mykey myvalue to execute the command redis-cli sadd mykey myvalue inside the redis container. This same admin command will also be available to run with replicated admin redis-sadd mykey myvalue or redis-sadd mykey myvalue

properties:
  shell_alias: mycli
admin_commands:
- alias: redis-sadd
  command: [redis-cli, sadd]
  run_type: exec
  component: MyComponent
  container: redis

Configuration

shell_alias

This is the shell alias that will be created during installation when using the Replicated scheduler. Commands can be invoked using this alias or using the replicated CLI directly. Note that this is defined in Application Properties, not in the admin command. This alias is not available for Kubernetes applications.

alias

This is the command that the user will specify on the command line. When shell_alias is defined, shell aliases will also be created for each individual admin command.

command

This is the actual command that will be executed inside the container when the alias is invoked through the replicated CLI.

run_type

Specify exec to execute the command in the currently running container. This is currently the only option.

component

This identifies the component under which to run the command.

container

This specifies the container in which to run the admin command.