yams.media/content/install/using-the-cli.md

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Using the CLI	2023-01-10T17:55:41-03:00	false	3	YAMS comes with a very handy CLI to manage all your media server. Here's where you'll learn how to use it.

YAMS comes with a very handy CLI to manage all your media server. Here's where you'll learn how to use it.

On your server, you can type:

yams --help

And you'll get the following message:

yams - Yet Another Media Server

Usage: yams [--help|restart|stop|start]
options:
--help     displays this help message
restart    restarts yams services
stop       stops all yams services
start      starts yams services
destroy    destroy yams services so you can start from scratch

Everything is very self-explanatory, but I'll go in more detail here:

• restart: Restarts all the services. It stops them gracefully and starts them again.
• stop: Stops all the services gracefully.
• start: Starts all the services.
• destroy: Destroys all the services so you can start the configuration from scrath. ⚠️ Be careful! ⚠️ There's no going back after this!