dotCLI

Description

dotCLI brings dotCMS management into the command line, giving developers and DevOps teams a fast, scriptable way to automate workflows and manage environments with confidence. Instead of relying on manual UI-driven steps, dotCLI lets teams execute repeatable operations directly from the terminal—making dotCMS a first-class citizen in modern CI/CD and DevOps pipelines.

With dotCLI, teams can push and pull content types, sites, languages, and files between environments, automate setup and deployment tasks, and manage multiple dotCMS instances from a single interface. It’s built for speed, consistency, and scale—whether you’re syncing environments, automating releases, or managing complex deployments.

Benefits

For Developers

• Automate repetitive dotCMS tasks from the command line to speed up development workflows.

• Push and pull content types, site configurations, languages, and files between environments with precision.

• Reduce manual setup and configuration errors by relying on scripts instead of clicks.

For DevOps & Platform Teams

• Integrate dotCMS operations directly into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and other automation tools.

• Manage multiple dotCMS instances from a single CLI, reducing context switching and operational overhead.

• Standardize deployments and environment synchronization for more predictable releases.

Use Cases

CI/CD Automation
A DevOps team integrates dotCLI into GitHub Actions to automatically deploy content model changes from staging to production after approval.

Environment Synchronization
A developer pulls content types and site configurations from production into a local or staging environment to test changes safely.

Bulk Configuration Management
Teams use dotCLI scripts to apply updates to content types, languages, or site settings across multiple dotCMS environments in one repeatable process.

Resources

• dotCLI Documentation

• Intro to dotCLI Blog Post

• CI/CD Pipeline Blog Post

• Quick Start Guide to dotCLI