CLI Reference · E4S Infrastructure Documentation

Primary E4S CLI

The e4s command is the main infrastructure operations interface installed with E4S Infrastructure.

Command	What it does	Notes
`e4s help`	Display the E4S command reference.
`e4s version`	Display application, Python and database version information.
`e4s status`	Show Web, Worker and Agent API systemd state.
`e4s health`	Query Web and Agent API health endpoints.
`e4s doctor`	Run combined service, health, port, Nginx, Redis, Feature Guard and disk diagnostics.
`e4s routes [filter]`	Read the application OpenAPI document and list API routes.
`e4s ports`	Display important listening ports and processes.
`e4s restart web`	Restart only the Web service.
`e4s restart worker`	Restart only the Worker.
`e4s restart agent`	Restart only the Agent API.
`e4s restart all`	Restart all primary E4S runtime services.
`e4s start [web\|worker\|agent\|all]`	Start selected E4S services.
`e4s stop [web\|worker\|agent\|all]`	Stop selected E4S services.
`e4s logs web [lines]`	Show Web service journal output.
`e4s logs worker [lines]`	Show Worker service journal output.
`e4s logs agent [lines]`	Show Agent API journal output.
`e4s backup`	Run the installed E4S backup workflow.
`e4s db shell`	Open the PostgreSQL shell for the E4S database.
`e4s db size`	Display database size information.
`e4s db activity`	Display current PostgreSQL activity.
`e4s db vacuum-analyze`	Run PostgreSQL VACUUM ANALYZE maintenance.
`e4s redis status`	Display Redis service status.
`e4s redis info`	Display Redis runtime information.
`e4s redis cli`	Open redis-cli.
`e4s nginx test`	Run nginx configuration validation.
`e4s nginx reload`	Reload Nginx after a valid configuration change.
`e4s nginx dump`	Display effective Nginx configuration.
`e4s feature-guard verify`	Verify protected application files against the accepted baseline.
`e4s feature-guard baseline`	Review changed protected files before accepting a new baseline.	Use only after approved source changes.
`e4s release-check`	Run release/runtime consistency checks.
`e4s cleanup`	Run installed platform cleanup routines.
`e4s license status`	Display current license enforcement state.
`e4s license entitlement`	Display the current signed feature and limit entitlement.
`e4s license refresh`	Request a fresh entitlement from the License Authority.
`e4s license fingerprint`	Display the machine/license fingerprint.
`e4s license feature NAME`	Query one named license feature.
`e4s license limit NAME`	Query one named license limit.
`e4s app-cli <args...>`	Pass arguments to the application CLI.
`e4s tools list`	List installed E4S operational helper tools.
`e4s tools run NAME`	Execute a named E4S helper tool.
`e4s cert-check`	Run the installed certificate checker or Certbot certificate listing.
`e4s agent-health`	Query Agent API health and recent agent traffic.

License Client commands

Command	Purpose
`e4s-license-client status`	Current license and enforcement status.
`e4s-license-client entitlement`	Full local signed entitlement.
`e4s-license-client refresh`	Refresh signed policy from the authority.
`e4s-license-client feature NAME`	Check one feature switch.
`e4s-license-client limit NAME`	Read one resource limit.

Systemd equivalents

Inspect services

systemctl status e4s-web.service
systemctl status e4s-agent-api.service
systemctl status e4s-worker.service
systemctl status e4s-license-client.service

Read logs

journalctl -u e4s-web.service -n 200 --no-pager
journalctl -u e4s-agent-api.service -n 200 --no-pager
journalctl -u e4s-worker.service -n 200 --no-pager

Build and distribution operator commands

Operator-only tooling

These commands are intended for the E4S build/distribution environment, not normal customer installations.

Command	Purpose
`e4s distribution status`	Display local platform, Update Authority and Layer1 distribution status.
`e4s distribution editions`	Display configured public edition data.
`e4s distribution build VERSION beta`	Build Universal installer output.
`e4s distribution publish VERSION beta`	Upload, sign and publish prepared Universal installers.
`e4s distribution ship VERSION beta`	Build and publish the complete release flow supported by the distribution tooling.