AlteryxService Commands

Version:
2021.1
Last modified: September 26, 2022

Command

D:\Program Files\Alteryx\bin> .\AlteryxService.exe -help

Command Output

#Show this help message
?|help
#Suppress default messages                                     
silent 

 #Installs the service with the O/S (requires admin)                                    
install 

#Uninstalls the service with the O/S (requires admin)                                  
uninstall  

#Starts the service (requires admin)                                
start  

#Stops the service (requires admin)                                   
stop     

#Runs the service interactively                                  
test|testdebug 

#Not supported on Alteryx Server. This command is for the desktop scheduler only. 
#Queues workflow from path "path" to run from disk, add 'true' to run from db
  
addtoqueue=path,host[:port],secret[,true]  

#Creates a MongoDB backup dump into the specified folder (requires admin)
emongodump=path

#Restores a MongoDB backup from "sourcePath" to "targetPath" (requires admin)                   
emongorestore=sourcepath,targetpath 

#Sets a new password for MongoDB. If the password field is empty a password is generated. (requires admin)       
setemongopassword=password

#Sets a new password for MongoDB. If the password field is empty password is generated. (requires admin)                 
setemongoadminpassword=password  

#Returns Embedded MongoDB password (requires admin)         
getemongopassword[=host[:port],secret] 

#Returns the server secret (requires admin)
getsecret|getserversecret   

#Returns the current version of service
getversion    

#Runs as current user using supplied secret (40-character hex) and optional port      
runlocal=session_secret[,port] 

#Sets the execution user for Alteryx Engine (requires admin)           
setexecuteuser=name,domain,password 

#Sets the MongoDB connection password (requires admin)      
setmongopassword=value 

#Sets the worker remote server secret (requires admin)                    
setremotesecret=value 

#Sets the master server secret (requires admin)                     
setserversecret=value

#Sets the SMTP password for Server (requires admin)                      
setsmtppassword=value

#Overrides default setting with root "root" and name "name" with new value                      
setting=root,name,value

#Overrides default settings with contents of settings file from path "path"                    
settingfile=path

#Verifies settings from path "path", writes results to file or stdout                           
verifysettingfile=path[,outputpath]        

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