Using Joomla via the CLI
Joomla offers a CLI to perform operations on the website without the need to access it through a web browser. This CLI can be accessed through an SSH session in a terminal opened from your device.
Where is the terminal?
To access Joomla through the CLI, you can use the Terminal app on macOS or Linux. If you are using a Windows machine, you can use the built-in Command Prompt or SSH software such as Solar Putty or Termius. It’s common to refer to the terminal as a shell.
The CLI is less user-friendly than the web interface, but it’s faster and more efficient when you want to perform some maintenance options than via the web as they may require several clicks, especially when you are managing several instances of Joomla in the same web hosting account.
When you activate your hosting account, you should also receive the SSH credentials in the activation email, specifying when SSH access is allowed by the hosting service provider. To access...
