geekyants-cli

GeekyAnts CLI Tool

GeekyAnts CLI tool is a command line interface tool that helps you to create new projects from available COE boilerplates, add new frontend and backend instances, and authenticate with Gitlab using personal access token.

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Usage
• Authenticate with Gitlab
• Logout from Gitlab
• Create a new project
• Add a new frontend instance
• Add a new backend instance

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= LTS
• Gitlab Personal Access Token
  • Goto "Gitlab :: Personal access Tokens"
  • Click "Add new token"
  • Keep or remove "Expiration date" as per your requirement
  • In "Select scopes", choose api scope
  • Click "Create personal access token"
  • Copy the generated token and keep it safe

Installation

npm install -g geekyants-cli@latest

Usage

geekyants-cli --help

Usage: GeekyAnts CLI [options] [command]

GeekyAnts CLI tool

Options:
  -V, --version                 output the version number
  -h, --help                    display help for command

Commands:
  add:frontend <instance-name>  Add a new frontend instance
  add:backend <instance-name>   Add a new backend instance
  auth [options]                Gitlab authentication using personal access token
  new <project-name>            Create a new project from available COE boilerplates
  help [command]                display help for command

Authenticate with Gitlab

geekyants-cli auth

Enter your Gitlab personal access token when prompted.

✔ Enter your Gitlab Personal Access token: [input is masked]
Authentication successful!

Upon successful authentication, the token will be stored in the home directory.

Logout from Gitlab

geekyants-cli auth --logout

Create a new project

geekyants-cli new <project-name>

Add a new frontend instance

geekyants-cli add:frontend <instance-name>

Add a new backend instance

geekyants-cli add:backend <instance-name>