Basic usage

You can view the available commands with the vip --help command:

$ vip --help
  Usage: vip [options] [command]
  
  Commands:
    app     List and modify your VIP applications
    import  Check the validity of an import source
    logout  Logout from your current session
    sync    Sync production to a development environment
    wp      Run WP CLI commands against an environment
  
  Options:
    -h, --help     Output the help for the (sub)command
    -v, --version  Output the version number

-h, --help Output usage information
-v, --version Output the version number

Specifying app and environment

On VIP, each application has one or more environments, such as production, staging, or develop, and each application has an alias that appears in the VIP Dashboard.

An app and its environment can be specified in a VIP-CLI command by providing the app alias or app ID, a dot separator, and the environment name, in the form of:
@<app-alias or app ID>.<env>.

Some example WP-CLI commands run on a production environment with the alias wpvip:

$ vip @wpvip.production -- wp option get home
$ vip @wpvip.production -- wp user list
$ vip @wpvip.production -- wp post list --posts_per_page=100 --url=example.com/fr
$ vip @wpvip.production -- wp cache delete example-key 

Command output can be redirected and piped for creating powerful workflows and tools:

$ vip @wpvip.production -- wp user list --format=json | jq
$ vip @wpvip.production -- wp term list category --format=csv > category.csv 

Interactive shell

VIP-CLI includes an interactive shell mode that provides a terminal-like interface into your WordPress site. Run the VIP-CLI command in the pattern of vip @<app-alias>.<env> -- wp to enter the interactive shell mode, then WP-CLI commands can be run on their own:

$ vip @wpvip.production -- wp 
wpvip.production:~$ wp option get home 
https://example.com  
wpvip.production:~$ wp cache delete my-cache-key my-cache-group 
Success: Object deleted.
wpvip.production:~$ 

Using the interactive shell mode is a convenient way to run multiple commands on the same environment and behaves much like a standard terminal or SSH session would. While the interactive shell looks and acts like a standard terminal, it does not currently support bash operators or commands (e.g. xargs, variable substitution, etc). Those commands need to be run in the standard VIP-CLI format.

Cancelling a command

To cancel a command, you have two options:

• From the VIP-CLI: You can hit CTRL + C.
• From the VIP Dashboard: Navigate to the WP-CLI Log. Click on the red cross button to cancel the command.