Commands and SyntaxΒΆ

Basic commands and syntax available for Wilfred.

  • --version - Print version and exit.

  • --path - Print paths for configurations and server data.

  • console - Attaches the terminal to the console of a server (view running log, send commands).

    • Required argument NAME - Name of the server.

  • create - Create a new server.

    • Optional option --console - Attach to console of server immediately after server start.

    • Optional option --detach - Skip waiting for the installation to finish (useful for games that take some time to install). Installation process continues in the background.

  • delete - Delete already existing server.

    • Required argument NAME - Name of the server.

    • Optional option -f, --force - Force action without confirmation.

  • edit - Edit already existing server.

    • Required argument NAME - Name of the server.

  • images - List all images.

    • Optional option --refresh - Updates all default image configs from GitHub.

  • kill - Kill container of a running server.

    • Required argument NAME - Name of the server.

    • Optional option -f, --force - Force action without confirmation.

  • servers - List existing servers, prints as a table.

  • setup - Used for initial configuration, set the path for storing server files.

  • start - Start the server.

    • Required argument NAME - Name of the server.

  • stop - Gracefully stop the container, sends stop command and waits for the container to die.

    • Required argument NAME - Name of the server.

  • restart - Restart server (using graceful stop).

    • Required argument NAME - Name of the server.

  • command - Send command to STDIN of server (without attaching to console).

    • Required argument NAME - Name of the server.

    • Required argument COMMAND - Command to send, can be put in " for commands with whitespaces. Example: wilfred command <name> "say Hello World".

  • top - Displays server statistics such as CPU load, memory usage etc., updates in real-time (like top)

  • config - View and edit configuration settings for a specific server. It parses configuration files for supported games and allows the user to modify settings without ever touching the actual config file (such as server.properties for Minecraft). Example: wilfred config server-name white-list "on"

    • Required argument NAME - Name of the server.

    • Optional argument VARIABLE - Name of an available setting. Displays the value of the specified variable if a new value is not set.

    • Optional argument VALUE - The new value for the variable setting.