CLI overview

The elmah.io CLI lets you execute common tasks against elmah.io.

Installing the CLI

The elmah.io CLI requires .NET 6 or newer installed.

The elmah.io CLI can be installed in several ways. To set up everything automatically, execute the following script from the command line:

dotnet tool install --global Elmah.Io.Cli

or make sure to run on the latest version if you already have the CLI installed:

dotnet tool update --global Elmah.Io.Cli

If you prefer downloading the CLI as a zip you can download the latest version from GitHub. To clone and build the CLI manually, check out the instructions below.

Run the CLI

Clear
Dataloader
Deployment
Diagnose
Export
Import
Log
Sourcemap
Tail

Run the CLI to get help:

elmahio --help

Help similar to this is outputted to the console:

elmahio:
  CLI for executing various actions against elmah.io

Usage:
  elmahio [options] [command]

Options:
  --nologo        Doesn't display the startup banner or the copyright message
  --version       Show version information
  -?, -h, --help  Show help and usage information

Commands:
  clear       Delete one or more messages from a log
  dataloader  Load 50 log messages into the specified log
  deployment  Create a new deployment
  diagnose    Diagnose potential problems with an elmah.io installation
  export      Export log messages from a specified log
  import      Import log messages to a specified log
  log         Log a message to the specified log
  sourcemap   Upload a source map and minified JavaScript
  tail        Tail log messages from a specified log

Cloning the CLI

Create a new folder and git clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/elmahio/Elmah.Io.Cli.git

Building the CLI

Navigate to the root repository of the code and execute the following command:

dotnet build


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