Bench Commands Cheatsheet

General Usage

  • bench --version - Show bench version
  • bench version - Show version of all apps
  • bench src - Show bench repo directory
  • bench --help - Show all commands and help
  • bench [command] --help - Show help for command
  • bench init [bench-name] - Create a new bench (Run from home dir)

    • --python TEXT Path to Python Executable.
    • --ignore-exist Ignore if Bench instance exists.
    • --apps_path TEXT path to json files with apps to install after init
    • --frappe-path TEXT path to frappe repo
    • --frappe-branch TEXT Clone a particular branch of frappe
    • --clone-from TEXT copy repos from path
    • --clone-without-update copy repos from path without update
    • --no-procfile Pull changes in all the apps in bench
    • --no-backups Run migrations for all sites in the bench
    • --no-auto-update Build JS and CSS artifacts for the bench
    • --skip-redis-config-generation Skip redis config generation if already specifying the common-site-config file
    • --verbose Verbose output during install
  • bench --site [site-name] COMMAND - Specify site for command

  • bench update - Pulls changes for bench-repo and all apps, applies patches, builds JS and CSS, and then migrates.
    • --pull Pull changes in all the apps in bench
    • --patch Run migrations for all sites in the bench
    • --build Build JS and CSS artifacts for the bench
    • --bench Update bench
    • --requirements Update requirements
    • --restart-supervisor restart supervisor processes after update
    • --no-backup Don't take a backup before update
    • --reset Ignore local changes and update
  • bench restart Restart all bench services
  • bench backup Create a backup of the default site.

    Backup will be saved to ~/frappe-bench/sites/{your site}/private/backups/.

  • bench backup-all-sites Backup all sites

    • --with-files Backup site with files
  • bench restore Restore
    • --with-private-files Restore site with private files (Path to tar file)
    • --with-public-files Restore site with public files (Path to tar file)
  • bench migrate Run patches, sync schema and rebuild files/translations
    • --rebuild-website TEXT Rebuild webpages after migration
  • bench migrate-env [python-version] Will migrate the virtual environment to the desired python version
  • bench --site [sitename] set-admin-password [password] Will reset the administrator password
  • bench destroy-all-sessions Destroys all sessions

Config

  • bench config - Change bench configuration
    • auto_update [on/off] Enable/Disable auto update for bench
    • dns_multitenant [on/off] Enable/Disable DNS Multitenancy
    • http_timeout Set http timeout
    • restart_supervisor_on_update Enable/Disable auto restart of supervisor
    • serve_default_site Configure nginx to serve the default site on
    • update_bench_on_update Enable/Disable bench updates on running bench...
  • bench setup - Setup components
    • auto-update Add cronjob for bench auto update
    • backups Add cronjob for bench backups
    • config overwrite or make config.json
    • env Setup virtualenv for bench
    • nginx generate config for nginx
    • procfile Setup Procfile for bench start
    • production setup bench for production
    • redis generate config for redis cache
    • socketio Setup node deps for socketio server
    • sudoers Add commands to sudoers list for execution...
    • supervisor generate config for supervisor
    • add-domain add custom domain for site
    • firewall setup firewall and block all ports except 22, 80 and 443
    • ssh-port change the default ssh connection port
    • requirementsUpdate Python and Node packages
    • --node Update only Node packages
    • --python Update only Python packages
    • --dev Update only Python development dependencies.
  • bench set-nginx-port [sitename] [port] - Set site's port in Production

Development

  • bench new-app [app-name] Creates a new app
  • bench get-app [repo-link] - Downloads an app from a git repository and installs it
    • --branch [branch-name] Fetches specific branch of app
  • bench install-app [app-name] Installs existing app
  • bench remove-from-installed-apps [app-name] Remove app from the list of apps
  • bench uninstall-app [app-name] Delete app and everything linked to the app (Bench needs to be running)
  • bench remove-app [app-name] Remove app from the bench entirely
  • bench --site [sitename] --force reinstall Reinstall with fresh database (Caution: Will wipe out old database)
  • bench new-site [sitename] - Creates a new site
    • --db-name Database name
    • --db-host Custom database host URL for remote connection
    • --db-port Custom database listening port (eg. port other than the default 3306)
    • --mariadb-root-username Root username for MariaDB
    • --mariadb-root-password Root password for MariaDB
    • --admin-password Administrator password for new site
    • --verbose Verbose
    • --force Force restore if site/database already exists
    • --source_sql Initiate database with a SQL file
    • --install-app Install app after installation`
  • bench use [site] Sets a default site
  • bench drop-site Removes site from disk and database completely
    • --root-login
    • --root-password
  • bench set-config [key] [value] Adds a key-value pair to site's config file
  • bench console Opens a IPython console in the bench venv
    • --autoreload Reload changes to code automatically
  • bench execute Execute a method inside any app.
    • Eg : bench execute frappe.utils.scheduler.enqueue_scheduler_events
  • bench --site [sitename] mariadb Opens SQL Console
  • bench --site [sitename] export-fixtures [--app TEXT] Export the records defined in the app's hooks as JSON files.
  • bench run-tests Run tests
    • --app App Name
    • --doctype DocType to run tests for
    • --test Specific Test
    • --module Run a particular module that has tests
    • --profile Runs a Python profiler on the test
  • bench disable-production Disables production environment

Scheduler

  • bench enable-scheduler - Enables Scheduler that will run scheduled tasks
  • bench doctor - Get diagnostic info about background workers
  • bench show-pending-jobs- Get pending jobs
  • bench purge-jobs - Destroy all pending jobs