Important SSH/CLI Commands for Magento 2

If you use the Magento 2 CMS, you must have struggled to locate the specific SSH/CLI command you needed to perform a task, such as flushing the cache, restarting the indexer, etc. I’ve created a list of the most important SSH/CLI Magento 2 commands below. You will need SSH access to your server or local command-line access to use these commands.

To view a list of all Magento 2 commands

php bin/magento list

php bin/magento l

To display guidance for the command (-help as a flag works too)

php bin/magento help [command] 

To display the active and inactive modules

php bin/magento module:status

php bin/magento mo:s

To enables cache type(s)

php bin/magento cache:enable

php bin/magento c:e

To disables cache type(s)

php bin/magento cache:disable

php bin/magento c:d

To clean cache type(s)

php bin/magento cache:clean

php bin/magento c:c

To Flush cache storage used by cache type(s)

php bin/magento cache:flush

php bin/magento c:f

To set the application mode

php bin/magento deploy:mode:set [mode name]

php bin/magento d:m:set [mode name]

php bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer #To switch to developer mode

php bin/magento deploy:mode:set production  #To switch to production mode

To display the current application mode

php bin/magento deploy:mode:show

php bin/magento d:m:sho

To create a new Magento admin user

php bin/magento admin:user:create --admin-user username --admin-password password --admin-email email_address --admin-firstname firstname --admin-lastname lastname

To unlock the Magento admin user

php bin/magento admin:user:unlock

php bin/magento a:u:u

To create and set up a crontab for the current user

php bin/magento cron:install

To remove tasks from crontab

php bin/magento cron:remove

To run cronjobs by schedule

php bin/magento cron:run

php bin/magento c:r

To view the list of indexers

php bin/magento indexer:info

php bin/magento i:i

To view the indexer status

php bin/magento indexer:status

php bin/magento i:sta

To show the mode of all indexers

php bin/magento indexer:show-mode

php bin/magento i:sho

To reset indexer status to invalid

php bin/magento indexer:reset IndexType

php bin/magento i:res IndexType

To reindex the data

php bin/magento indexer:reindex

php bin/magento i:rei

To display the Magento Admin URI

php bin/magento info:adminuri

php bin/magento i:a

To display the status of modules

php bin/magento module:status

php bin/magento mo:s

To enable the module

php bin/magento module:enable Module_name

php bin/magento mo:e Module_name

To disable the module

php bin/magento module:disable Module_name

php bin/magento mo:d Module_name

To uninstall the modules installed by the composer

php bin/magento module:uninstall

php bin/magento m:u

To set maintenance mode exempt IPs

php bin/magento maintenance:allow-ips

php bin/magento m:a

To enable maintenance mode

php bin/magento maintenance:enable

php bin/magento ma:e

To disable maintenance mode

php bin/magento maintenance:disable

php bin/magento ma:d

To display the maintenance mode status

php bin/magento maintenance:status

php bin/magento ma:s

To deploy sample data modules

php bin/magento sampledata:deploy

php bin/magento sa:d

To remove all sample data packages from composer.json

php bin/magento sampledata:remove

php bin/magento sa:rem

To reset all sample data modules for re-installation

php bin/magento sampledata:reset

php bin/magento sa:res

To display the configuration value for the specified path. All saved values will be displayed if the path is not specified.

php bin/magento config:show

To change the system configuration

php bin/magento config:set

To Install the Magento application

php bin/magento setup:install

php bin/magento s:i

To uninstall the Magento application

php bin/magento setup:uninstall

php bin/magento s:un

To upgrade the Magento application, DB data, and schema

php bin/magento setup:upgrade

php bin/magento s:up

To deploy static view files

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f

php bin/magento s:s:d -f

To create the DI configuration and all necessary classes that can be created automatically

php bin/magento setup:di:compile

php bin/magento s:d:c

I hope you found what you were looking for using these Magento 2 commands. You should bookmark this page for future use as it contains a complete list of all important Magento 2 commands 🙂