content/admin/administering-your-instance/administering-your-instance-from-the-command-line/administering-your-instance-using-the-github-cli.md

metadata

title: Administering your instance using the GitHub CLI
intro: >-
  You can administer your {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %}
  instance using the {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %} extension for
  GHES Manage API.
versions:
  feature: ghes-manage-api-cli-extension
type: how_to
topics:
  - Enterprise
  - Fundamentals
shortTitle: Using the GitHub CLI

About the gh es extension for {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %}

{% data reusables.cli.about-cli %} For more information about the {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %}, see AUTOTITLE.

gh es is a {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %} extension that allows you to perform administrative tasks on {% data variables.location.product_location %} by using the instance's REST API endpoints. For more information about GitHub CLI extensions, see AUTOTITLE.

You can use the gh es extension to manage the root site administrator password, configure maintenance mode, view metadata and status information for your instance's nodes, and more. For installation and usage instructions, see the github/gh-es repository on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}.

Further reading

• AUTOTITLE