Interacting with a CoB Server

Interacting with a CoB server can become much more exciting once you learn how to use cob-cli. As the initials suggest, cob stands for [C]ult [of] [Bits] and cli for [C]ommand [L]ine [I]nterface.

cob-cli is a command line utility developed in Node.js and aimed at software developers that is used to simplify all tasks involving server customizations. Its main goal is to help Cult of Bits partners develop with higher speed and reusing common code and best practices.

From dashboards to UI modifications, as well as IntegrationM scripts and actions, cob-cli is your valuable swiss army knife when it comes to talking with the CoB platform via the backend.

Usage: cob-cli command

CoB Command line to simplify server customizations

Options:
  -v, --version                output the current version
  --setup                      add autocomplete to system profiles
  --cleanup                    remove autocomplete from system profiles
  -h, --help                   display help for command

Commands:
  getRepos <token>             clone (or update) all cob accessible repositories on gitlab,
  init [options] <servername>  Initializes a server customization repository. Use <servername>.cultofbits.com (i.e. name without the
                               FQDN)
  customize [options] [name]   Interactive prompt to customize an aspect of the server
  test [options]               Test the customization
  deploy [options]             Deploy customization to the server
  updateFromServer [options]   Updates local copy with current files on server, in case of changes made out of standard process.
  upgradeRepo                  Upgrade current repository to the last cob-cli version structure
  getDefs [options]            Updates local copy with definitions on server
  generateMermaid [options]    Generates mermaid diagram from Definitions
  help [command]               display help for command

But before you start using cob-cli, you need to learn how to run it. First step is install it via npm.