All Commands

Check SSL certificate validity

openssl x509 -in certificate.crt -text -noout

Generate RSA private key.

openssl genrsa

Generate certificate signing request (CSR).

openssl req

Certificate display and signing utility.

openssl x509

Verify certificate chain.

openssl verify

PKCS#12 file utility for creating and managing keystores.

openssl pkcs12

SSL/TLS client program for testing connections.

openssl s_client

SSL/TLS server program for testing.

openssl s_server

Encrypt or decrypt files using various algorithms.

openssl enc

Generate random bytes.

openssl rand

Generate message digest (hash) of files.

openssl dgst

Generate SSH key pair

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C 'your_email@example.com'

Copies a local file or S3 object to another location.

aws s3 cp

Syncs directories and S3 prefixes. Recursively copies new and updated files.

aws s3 sync

Describes one or more of your instances.

aws ec2 describe-instances

Starts an Amazon EBS-backed instance that you've previously stopped.

aws ec2 start-instances

Stops an Amazon EBS-backed instance.

aws ec2 stop-instances

Lists the IAM users that have the specified path prefix.

aws iam list-users

Returns a list of your Lambda functions.

aws lambda list-functions

Returns information about provisioned RDS instances.

aws rds describe-db-instances

Deploys an AWS CloudFormation template by creating and then executing a change set.

aws cloudformation deploy

Log in to Azure.

az login

Set a subscription to be the current active subscription.

az account set

List resource groups.

az group list

Create a new resource group.

az group create

Get the details of the virtual machines.

az vm list

Create an Azure Virtual Machine.

az vm create

Start a stopped virtual machine.

az vm start

Stop a running virtual machine.

az vm stop

List storage accounts.

az storage account list

List blobs in a given container.

az storage blob list

List users in Azure Active Directory.

az ad user list

Start a deployment.

az deployment group create

Run a command in a new container.

docker run

List containers.

docker ps

Stop one or more running containers.

docker stop

Start one or more stopped containers.

docker start

Restart one or more containers.

docker restart

Remove one or more containers.

docker rm

Run a command in a running container.

docker exec

Fetch the logs of a container.

docker logs

Build an image from a Dockerfile.

docker build

List images.

docker images

Remove one or more images.

docker rmi

Pull an image or a repository from a registry.

docker pull

Push an image or a repository to a registry.

docker push

Manage Docker networks.

docker network

Manage Docker volumes.

docker volume

Generate a key pair (private key and associated public key certificate).

keytool -genkeypair

List the contents of a keystore.

keytool -list

Delete an entry from a keystore.

keytool -delete

Change the alias of an entry in a keystore.

keytool -changealias

Import one or all entries from another keystore.

keytool -importkeystore

Import a certificate or certificate chain into a keystore.

keytool -import

Export a certificate from a keystore.

keytool -export

Print the content of a certificate.

keytool -printcert

Generate a certificate signing request (CSR).

keytool -certreq

Change the key password of an entry in a keystore.

keytool -keypasswd

Change the password of a keystore.

keytool -storepasswd

Display one or many resources.

kubectl get

Apply a configuration to a resource by filename or stdin.

kubectl apply

Create a resource by filename or stdin.

kubectl create

Delete resources by filenames, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector.

kubectl delete

Show details of a specific resource or group of resources.

kubectl describe

Print the logs for a container in a pod.

kubectl logs

Show resource usage (CPU/memory/storage) for nodes or pods.

kubectl top

Execute a command in a container.

kubectl exec

Forward one or more local ports to a pod.

kubectl port-forward

Set a new size for a deployment, replica set, or replication controller.

kubectl scale

Manage the rollout of a deployment.

kubectl rollout

Modify kubeconfig files.

kubectl config

Copy files and directories to and from containers.

kubectl cp

Export PingFederate configuration to a file.

./pf-export-config

Configure PingFederate server settings and properties.

./pf-config

Import PingFederate configuration from a file.

./pf-import-config

PingFederate administrative command-line tool for server management.

./pf-admin

Start the PingFederate server.

./pf-start

Stop the PingFederate server gracefully.

./pf-stop

Restart the PingFederate server.

./pf-restart

Check the status of PingFederate server.

./pf-status

View and manage PingFederate log files.

./pf-log

Create a backup of PingFederate configuration and data.

./pf-backup

Restore PingFederate from a backup.

./pf-restore

Search for entries in an LDAP directory.

ldapsearch

Compare an attribute value with an LDAP entry.

ldapcompare

Add entries to an LDAP directory.

ldapadd

Modify entries in an LDAP directory.

ldapmodify

Delete entries from an LDAP directory.

ldapdelete

Modify the RDN of an LDAP entry.

ldapmodrdn

Perform a whoami operation against an LDAP server.

ldapwhoami

Change the password of an LDAP user.

ldappasswd

Export LDAP database to LDIF format.

slapcat

Add entries from LDIF file to LDAP database.

slapadd

Parse and format LDAP URLs.

ldapurl

Control systemd system and service manager.

systemctl

Query and display messages from the journal.

journalctl

Report a snapshot of the current processes.

ps

Display Linux processes in real-time.

top

Print network connections, routing tables, interface statistics.

netstat

Show socket statistics (modern replacement for netstat).

ss

Administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT.

iptables

Show disk space usage.

df

Estimate file space usage.

du

Search for files in a directory hierarchy.

find

Search for patterns in files.

grep

Stream editor for filtering and transforming text.

sed

Pattern scanning and text processing language.

awk

PingAccess administrative command-line tool for server management.

./pa-admin

Start the PingAccess server.

./pa-start

Stop the PingAccess server gracefully.

./pa-stop

Restart the PingAccess server.

./pa-restart

Configure PingAccess server settings and properties.

./pa-config

Export PingAccess configuration to a file.

./pa-export-config

Import PingAccess configuration from a file.

./pa-import-config

Check the status of PingAccess server.

./pa-status

View and manage PingAccess log files.

./pa-log

Create a backup of PingAccess configuration and data.

./pa-backup

Restore PingAccess from a backup.

./pa-restore

Manage SSL certificates and keystores for PingAccess.

./pa-ssl

Run the interactive setup process to configure the server for the first time.

./setup

Start the PingDirectory server.

./start-server

Stop the PingDirectory server gracefully.

./stop-server

Search for entries in the LDAP directory.

ldapsearch --hostname localhost --port 1389 --baseDN "dc=example,dc=com" "(uid=user.0)"

Modify directory entries using an LDIF file or standard input.

ldapmodify --hostname localhost --port 1389 --bindDN "cn=Directory Manager" --bindPassword password

Efficiently import data into the directory from an LDIF file.

import-ldif --backendID userRoot --ldifFile /path/to/data.ldif

Export data from the directory to an LDIF file.

export-ldif --backendID userRoot --ldifFile /path/to/export.ldif

Create a backup of one or more directory backends.

backup --backendID userRoot --backupDirectory /path/to/backups

Restore one or more directory backends from a backup.

restore --backupDirectory /path/to/backup/dir

View and manage server configuration settings.

dsconfig --hostname localhost --port 4444 --bindDN "cn=Directory Manager" --bindPassword password --no-prompt

Run a performance test to measure search operation throughput.

searchrate --hostname localhost --port 1389 --baseDN "dc=example,dc=com" --filter "(uid=user.[1-1000])"

Run a performance test to measure bind operation throughput.

authrate --hostname localhost --port 1389 --bindDN "uid=user.[1-1000],ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" --bindPassword password

Rebuild a specific index within a backend.

rebuild-index --backendID userRoot --index-type vlv --baseDN "dc=example,dc=com"

Reclaim disk space by compacting a backend database.

compact-db --backendID userRoot

A text-based management tool used to view and configure the underlying server configuration for PingDirectory.

dsconfig

List information about all available configuration properties for all objects.

dsconfig list-properties

Modify properties of a backend, such as database cache settings or compaction rules.

dsconfig set-backend-prop

Displays information about PowerShell commands and concepts.

Get-Help

Gets all commands that are installed on the computer, including cmdlets, aliases, functions, and workflows.

Get-Command

Gets the processes that are running on the local computer.

Get-Process

Stops one or more running processes.

Stop-Process

Gets the services on a local or remote computer.

Get-Service

Gets events in the classic event logs of a local or remote computer.

Get-EventLog

Gets instances of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes. (Legacy, use Get-CimInstance in newer PowerShell versions).

Get-WmiObject

Gets the CIM instances of a class from a CIM server. (Modern replacement for Get-WmiObject).

Get-CimInstance

Changes the user preference for the PowerShell execution policy.

Set-ExecutionPolicy

Gets the items and child items in one or more specified locations.

Get-ChildItem

Gets the content of the item at the specified location.

Get-Content

Writes new content or replaces the content in a file.

Set-Content

Adds content to a specified item, such as a file.

Add-Content

Determines whether all elements of a path exist.

Test-Path

Gets content from a web page on the Internet.

Invoke-WebRequest

Sends an HTTP or HTTPS request to a RESTful web service and parses the response.

Invoke-RestMethod

Gets one or more Active Directory users.

Get-ADUser

Modifies an Active Directory user.

Set-ADUser

Creates a new Active Directory user.

New-ADUser

Removes an Active Directory user.

Remove-ADUser

Gets one or more Active Directory computers.

Get-ADComputer

Gets one or more Active Directory groups.

Get-ADGroup

Gets the members of an Active Directory group.

Get-ADGroupMember

Adds one or more members to an Active Directory group.

Add-ADGroupMember

Gets one or more Active Directory organizational units.

Get-ADOrganizationalUnit

Displays all current TCP/IP network configuration values and refreshes Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Domain Name System (DNS) settings.

ipconfig

Displays active TCP connections, ports on which the computer is listening, Ethernet statistics, the IP routing table, IPv4 statistics, and IPv6 statistics.

netstat

Verifies IP-level connectivity to another TCP/IP computer by sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo Request messages.

ping

Determines the path taken to a destination by sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo Request messages with varying Time-to-Live (TTL) values.

tracert

Displays a list of currently running processes on either a local or remote machine.

tasklist

Ends one or more tasks or processes.

taskkill

System File Checker. Scans and verifies the integrity of all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.

sfc

Checks a disk for errors and repairs them.

chkdsk

Schedules commands and scripts to run on a computer at a specified time or event.

schtasks

Displays detailed configuration information about a computer and its operating system.

systeminfo