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Magnolia CLI is an npm package providing a command line interface (CLI) tool to set up and facilitate light development with Magnolia.  This page describes how to install, set up and use its commands.  The commands of the Magnolia CLI package facilitate the creation of a light module skeleton: the folders and files that form a typical Magnolia light module. We assume that you are already familiar with some Magnolia basics of creating light modules, templates and dialogs.. 

This page tracks the history of releases of Magnolia CLI and provides steps to install Magnolia CLI. For information about how to use Magnolia CLI commands, please refer to the following subpages depending on the version you intend to use.

• Magnolia CLI version 3.x.y
• Magnolia CLI version 2.x.y

Release history

2.2.0

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• Node v 6.10+ is required to run the CLI.
• A new option -c (--cloud) has been added to the jumpstart command. mgnl jumpstart -c downloads and sets up a Magnolia Cloud bundle. It requires enterprise credentials to access Magnolia Nexus.
• If no -p option is set when executing the jumpstart command, the magnolia.resources.dir property in the magnolia.properties file is set to a relative path by default: info magnolia.resources.dir=${magnolia.home}/../../../light-modules

2.1.0

Released on 17 March 2017.

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