Command Line Tools

The "crossbox" CLI Command

 This is the CrossBox command line utility. Use it to view status, restart services, view logs, trigger updates, and a lot more.

A root user is required to run the commands.

Monitoring

crossbox stop|start|restart|status

Easily stop, start, restart or output the status of a CrossBox Server.

Updating

crossbox update

Perform a manual update check and update the application if possible.

crossbox update-slaves

Perform a manual update of CrossBox slave servers, provided that the command is run from the master server.

Logs

crossbox log [--paths --lines]

Displays all logs in real time. If it's too verbose, try using crossbox <service> log.

--paths
displays locations of log files on the system
--lines
defines a number of "last lines" to display for each log file

Service Specific

crossbox <service> stop|start|restart|status|log

You can also specify several <services> by separating multiple services from the list below with a comma:

• redis
• mysqld
• exim
• dovecot
• opendkim
• rspamd
• freshclam
• clamd
• turnserver
• uwsgi
• webserver

Medic

crossbox medic

CrossBox Medic will collect all the relevant CrossBox logs from your server, send them to us and give you a unique key which you can reference when requesting support.

Utility

crossbox info

Will tell you general information about your CrossBox installation.

crossbox websocket|taskqueue info

Allows you to view WebSocket and task queue statuses. This will also show you how many users are connected to the server.

crossbox change-admin-password

Allows you to reset the admin's password.

crossbox change-admin-email

Allows you to reset admin's e-mail address.

crossbox extra migrate-roundcube-contacts

Imports cPanel RoundCube contacts to CrossBox (useful for users migrating away from Roundcube).

crossbox changelog

Shows latest update messages.

Change Hostname, App name and App system name:

crossbox change-hostname

crossbox change-name

crossbox change-system-name

Reload firewall rules (if you installed firewall after installing CrossBox):

crossbox reload-firewall

cPanel branding reload:

crossbox cpanel reinstall-webmail && crossbox cpanel reinstall-plugin

Debugging

You can enable the debug mode if you are faced with a bug and you want to find out more about what the application is doing.

crossbox debug disable|normal|unsafe

Use unsafe mode only when you don't see anything indicating a problem. When using the unsafe debug mode the application may leak information, so use it with care.

NOTE: Changing the debug mode will restart all CrossBox services.