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Graphistry supports advanced command-line administration via the ./graphistry wrapper script, .yml / .env files, and caddy reverse-proxy configuration.

Important: Always use ./graphistry instead of raw docker compose commands. The ./graphistry script wraps docker compose with required environment context: GPU assignments, telemetry, and cluster mode settings. Configuration is loaded from data/config/custom.env, data/config/telemetry.env, and data/config/cluster.env. Users familiar with docker compose will find the same subcommands work (up, down, ps, logs, exec, etc.).

Login to server

Image	Command
AWS	ssh -i [your_key].pem ubuntu@[your_public_ip]
Azure	ssh -i [your_key].pem [your_user]@[your_public_ip] ssh [your_user]@[your_public_ip] (pwd-based)
Google	gcloud compute [your_instance] ssh
On-prem / BYOL	Contact your admin

CLI commands

All likely require sudo. Run from where your docker-compose.yml file is located: /home/ubuntu/graphistry (AWS), /var/graphistry (Azure), or /var/graphistry/<releases>/<version> (recommended on-prem).

TASK	COMMAND	NOTES
Install	docker load -i containers.tar.gz	Install the containers.tar.gz Graphistry release from the current folder. You may need to first run tar -xvvf my-graphistry-release.tar.gz.
Start interactive	./graphistry up	Starts Graphistry, close with ctrl-c
Start daemon	./graphistry up -d	Starts Graphistry as background process
Start namespaced (concurrent)	./graphistry -p my_unique_namespace up	Starts Graphistry in a specific namespace. Enables running multiple independent instances of Graphistry. NOTE: Must modify Caddy service in docker-compose.yml to use non-conflicting public ports, and likewise change global volumes to be independent.
Stop	./graphistry stop	Stops Graphistry
Restart (soft)	docker restart <CONTAINER>	Soft restart. May also need to restart service nginx.
Restart (hard)	./graphistry up -d --force-recreate --no-deps <CONTAINER>	Restart with fresh state. May also need to restart service nginx.
Reset	./graphistry down -v && ./graphistry up -d	Stop Graphistry, remove all internal state (including the user account database!), and start fresh .
Status	./graphistry ps, docker ps, and docker status	Status: Uptime, healthchecks, …
GPU Status	nvidia-smi	See GPU processes, compute/memory consumption, and driver. Ex: watch -n 1.5 nvidia-smi. Also, docker run --rm -it nvidia/cuda:11.5.0-base-ubuntu20.04 nvidia-smi for in-container test.
~~1.0 API Key~~	~~./graphistry exec streamgl-vgraph-etl curl "..."~~	REMOVED: API v1 VGraph has been permanently removed. Use JWT tokens via the v2 REST API.
Logs	./graphistry logs <CONTAINER>	Ex: Watch all logs, starting with the 20 most recent lines: ./graphistry logs -f -t --tail=20 forge-etl-python . You likely need to switch Docker to use the local json logging driver by deleting the two default managed Splunk log driver options in /etc/docker/daemon.json and then restarting the docker daemon (see below).
Create Users	Use Admin Panel (see Create Users) or etc/scripts/rest
Restart Docker Daemon	sudo service docker restart	Use when changing /etc/docker/daemon.json, …
Jupyter shell	docker exec -it -u root graphistry_notebook_1 bash then source activate rapids	Use for admin tasks like global package installs