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Sentinel 1.24-1 comes with a new command line interface (CLI) that you can use to configure it from the command line. You can view the full CLI documentation here.

Important

1. Option values should be set using the equal sign (=).
2. If an option value has spaces or semicolons then the value should be wrapped in single quotes.
3. If an option value needs single quotes then the value should be wrapped in single quotes with value single quotes properly escaped replacing a single quote with '\''
4. Options are case sensitive.

Run the following command for more information:

sentinel --task=help

Minion is a cli tool for performing tasks

Usage:

/usr/local/sbin/sentinel --task={task} --option1=value1 --option2=value2

Where {task} is one of the following:

  * antimalware:antimalware
  * antimalware:domainmonitoring
  * antimalware:ignore
  * antimalware:monitoring
  * antimalware:monitoring:paths
  * antimalware:quarantine
  * antimalware:scanning
  * antimalware:scanning:schedule
  * antimalware:statisticalanalysis
  * antivirus:antivirus
  * antivirus:scanning
  * antivirus:scanninglimits
  * antivirus:signatureproviders
  * antivirus:signatureupdates
  * application:about
  * application:application
  * application:geolocation
  * application:maintenance
  * application:maintenance:database
  * application:setup
  * help

For more information on what a task does and usage details execute:

/usr/local/sbin/sentinel --task={task} --help

Examples using the CLI:

// install the sentinel extension
plesk bin extension --install sentinel

// Run the setup wizard to active the extension license, run the application installer, and configure the application
sentinel --task=application:setup --license_key=XXXXXX