instance-command.md

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Instance Command

Instance allows the activation of a dotCMS instance profile to get a list with all available profiles do:

   dotCMS instance  

Available registered dotCMS servers.
 Profile [default], Uri [http://localhost:8080/api], active [yes].
 Profile [demo], Uri [https://demo.dotcms.com/api], active [no].

From the list of available instances select one and then activate it using the activate option like this

instance --activate demo

Once you have activated the new instance you want to see what your current status again is.