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+.. _commandtree_operationmode:
+
+Operational mode
+----------------
+
+Operational mode allows for commands to perform operational system tasks and view system and service status.
+After this is the first view after the login.
+Please see :ref:`cli` for navigation in the CLI
+
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+
+  vyos@vyos:~$ [tab]
+  Possible completions:
+    add               Add an object to a service
+    clear             Clear system information
+    clone             Clone an object
+    configure         Enter configure mode
+    connect           Establish a connection
+    copy              Copy an object
+    delete            Delete an object
+    disconnect        Take down a connection
+    force             Force an operation
+    format            Format a device
+    generate          Generate an object
+    install           Install a new system
+    monitor           Monitor system information
+    ping              Send IPv4 or IPv6 ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) echo requests
+    poweroff          Poweroff the system
+    reboot            Reboot the system
+    release           Release specified variable
+    rename            Rename an object
+    renew             Renew specified variable
+    reset             Reset a service
+    restart           Restart a service
+    set               Set operational options
+    show              Show system information
+    telnet            Telnet to a node
+    traceroute        Track network path to node
+    update            Update data for a service
+
+
+Add
+^^^
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ raid         Add a RAID set element
+ system       Add an item to a system facility
+
+Clear
+^^^^^
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  console            Clear screen
+  firewall           Clear firewall statistics
+  flow-accounting    Clear flow accounting
+  interfaces         Clear interface information
+  ip                 Clear Internet Protocol (IP) statistics or status
+  ipv6               Clear Internet Protocol (IPv6) statistics or status
+  nat                Clear network address translation (NAT) tables
+  policy             Clear policy statistics
+
+
+Clone
+^^^^^
+The ``clone`` command allows you to clone a configuration from a system image to another one, or from the running config to another system image.
+To clone the running config to a system image:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  clone system config <system-image> from running
+
+To clone from system image A to system image B:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  clone system config <system-image-B> from <system-image-A>
+
+
+Configure
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``configure`` command allows you to enter configuration mode.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  vyos@vyos:~$ configure
+  [edit]
+  vyos@vyos#
+
+
+Connect
+^^^^^^^
+
+The ``connect`` command allows you to bring up a connection oriented interface, like a pppoe interface.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  connect interface <interface>
+
+Copy
+^^^^
+
+The ``copy`` command allows you to copy a file to your running config or over images.
+
+It can look like this example:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  vyos@vyos:~$  copy file [tab]
+  Possible completions:
+    http://<user>:<passwd>@<host>/<file>
+                  Copy files from specified source
+    scp://<user>:<passwd>@<host>/<file>
+    ftp://<user>:<passwd>@<host>/<file>
+    tftp://<host>/<file>
+    1.2.0://config/
+    1.2.0-rolling+201902251818://config/
+    1.2.0-rolling+201902201040://config/
+    1.2.0-rolling+201902080337://config/
+    1.2.0-H4://config/
+    running://config/
+
+
+To copy from file A to file B:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  copy <file A> to <file B>
+
+
+Delete
+^^^^^^
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  conntrack     Delete Conntrack entries
+  file          Delete files in a particular image
+  log           Delete a log file
+  raid          Remove a RAID set element
+  system        Delete system objects
+
+
+Disconnect
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``disconnect`` command allows you to take down a connection oriented interface, like a pppoe interface.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  disconnect interface <interface>
+
+Force
+^^^^^
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  arp           Send gratuitous ARP request or reply
+  cluster       Force a cluster state transition
+
+
+Format
+^^^^^^
+
+The ``format`` command allows you to format a disk the same way as another one.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  format disk <target> like <source>
+
+Generate
+^^^^^^^^
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  openvpn       OpenVPN key generation tool
+  ssh-server-key
+                Regenerate the host SSH keys and restart the SSH server
+  tech-support  Generate tech-support archive
+  vpn           VPN key generation utility
+  wireguard     wireguard key generation utility
+
+Install
+^^^^^^^
+
+The ``install`` command allows you to install the system image on the disk.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  install image
+
+
+Monitor
+^^^^^^^
+
+``monitor`` can be used to continually view what is happening on the router.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  bandwidth     Monitor interface bandwidth in real time
+  bandwidth-test
+                Initiate or wait for bandwidth test
+  cluster       Monitor clustering service
+  command       Monitor an operational mode command (refreshes every 2 seconds)
+  conntrack-sync
+                Monitor conntrack-sync
+  content-inspection
+                Monitor Content-Inspection
+  dhcp          Monitor Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP)
+  dns           Monitor a Domain Name Service (DNS) daemon
+  firewall      Monitor Firewall
+  https         Monitor the Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) service
+  lldp          Monitor Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) daemon
+  log           Monitor last lines of messages file
+  nat           Monitor network address translation (NAT)
+  openvpn       Monitor OpenVPN
+  protocol      Monitor routing protocols
+  snmp          Monitor Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) daemon
+  stop-all      Stop all current background monitoring processes
+  traceroute    Monitor the path to a destination in realtime
+  traffic       Monitor traffic dumps
+  vpn           Monitor VPN
+  vrrp          Monitor Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
+  webproxy      Monitor Webproxy service
+
+
+Ping
+^^^^
+
+The ``ping`` command allows you to send an ICMP-EchoRequest packet and display the ICMP-EchoReply received.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  <hostname>    Send Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request
+  <x.x.x.x>
+  <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>
+
+
+Poweroff
+^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``poweroff`` command allows you to properly shut down the VyOS instance. Without any modifier, the command is executed immediately.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  <Enter>       Execute the current command
+  at            Poweroff at a specific time
+  cancel        Cancel a pending poweroff
+  in            Poweroff in X minutes
+  now           Poweroff the system without confirmation
+
+Reboot
+^^^^^^
+The ``reboot`` command allows you to properly restart the VyOS instance. Without any modifier, the command is executed immediately.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  <Enter>       Execute the current command
+  at            Poweroff at a specific time
+  cancel        Cancel a pending poweroff
+  in            Poweroff in X minutes
+  now           Poweroff the system without confirmation
+
+Release
+^^^^^^^
+
+The ``release`` command allows you to release a DHCP or DHCPv6 lease.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  vyos@vyos:~$ release dhcp interface <int>
+  vyos@vyos:~$ release dhcpv6 interface <int>
+
+
+Rename
+^^^^^^
+
+The ``rename`` command allows you to rename a system image.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ rename system image <currentname> <newname>
+
+
+Renew
+^^^^^
+
+The ``renew`` command allows you to renew a DHCP or DHCPv6 lease.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  vyos@vyos:~$ renew dhcp interface <int>
+  vyos@vyos:~$ renew dhcpv6 interface <int>
+
+Reset
+^^^^^
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  conntrack     Reset all currently tracked connections
+  conntrack-sync
+                Reset connection syncing parameters
+  dns           Reset a DNS service state
+  firewall      reset a firewall group
+  ip            Reset Internet Protocol (IP) parameters
+  ipv6          Reset Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) parameters
+  nhrp          Clear/Purge NHRP entries
+  openvpn       Reset OpenVPN
+  terminal      Reset terminal
+  vpn           Reset Virtual Private Network (VPN) information
+
+Restart
+^^^^^^^
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  cluster       Restart cluster node
+  conntrack-sync
+                Restart connection tracking synchronization service
+  dhcp          Restart DHCP processes
+  dhcpv6        Restart DHCPv6 processes
+  dns           Restart a DNS service
+  flow-accounting
+                Restart flow-accounting service
+  https         Restart https server
+  vpn           Restart IPsec VPN
+  vrrp          Restart the VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) process
+  wan-load-balance
+                Restart WAN load balancing
+  webproxy      Restart webproxy service
+
+Set
+^^^
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  <OPTION>      Bash builtin set command
+  console       Control console behaviors
+  date          Set system date and time
+  system        Set system operational parameters
+  terminal      Control terminal behaviors
+
+Show
+^^^^
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  arp           Show Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) information
+  bridge        Show bridging information
+  cluster       Show clustering information
+  configuration Show available saved configurations
+  conntrack     Show conntrack entries in the conntrack table
+  conntrack-sync
+                Show connection syncing information
+  date          Show system time and date
+  dhcp          Show DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) information
+  dhcpv6        Show DHCPv6 (IPv6 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) information
+  disk          Show status of disk device
+  dns           Show DNS information
+  file          Show files for a particular image
+  firewall      Show firewall information
+  flow-accounting
+                Show flow accounting statistics
+  hardware      Show system hardware details
+  history       show command history
+  host          Show host information
+  incoming      Show ethernet input-policy information
+  interfaces    Show network interface information
+  ip            Show IPv4 routing information
+  ipv6          Show IPv6 routing information
+  license       Show VyOS license information
+  lldp          Show lldp
+  log           Show contents of current master log file
+  login         Show current login credentials
+  monitoring    Show currently monitored services
+  nat           Show Network Address Translation (NAT) information
+  nhrp          Show NHRP info
+  ntp           Show peer status of NTP daemon
+  openvpn       Show OpenVPN information
+  policy        Show policy information
+  poweroff      Show scheduled poweroff
+  pppoe-server  show pppoe-server status
+  queueing      Show ethernet queueing information
+  raid          Show statis of RAID set
+  reboot        Show scheduled reboot
+  remote-config Show remote side config
+  route-map     Show route-map information
+  snmp          Show status of SNMP on localhost
+  system        Show system information
+  system-integrity
+                checks the integrity of the system
+  table         Show routing table
+  tech-support  Show consolidated tech-support report (private information removed)
+  users         Show user information
+  version       Show system version information
+  vpn           Show Virtual Private Network (VPN) information
+  vrrp          Show VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) information
+  wan-load-balance
+                Show Wide Area Network (WAN) load-balancing information
+  webproxy      Show webproxy information
+  wireguard     Show wireguard properties
+  zone-policy   Show summary of zone policy for a specific zone
+
+Telnet
+^^^^^^
+In the past the ``telnet`` command allowed you to connect remotely to another device using the telnet protocol.
+Telnet is unencrypted and should not use anymore. But its nice to test if an TCP Port to a host is open.
+
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  vyos@vyos:~$ telnet 192.168.1.3 443
+  Trying 192.168.1.3...
+  telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Network is unreachable
+
+  vyos@vyos:~$ telnet 192.168.1.4 443
+  Trying 192.168.1.4...
+  Connected to 192.168.1.4.
+  Escape character is '^]'.
+
+Traceroute
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``traceroute`` command allows you to trace the path taken to a particular device.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  <hostname>    Track network path to specified node
+  <x.x.x.x>
+  <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>
+  ipv4          Track network path to <hostname|IPv4 address>
+  ipv6          Track network path to <hostname|IPv6 address>
+
+
+Update
+^^^^^^
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  dns           Update DNS information
+  webproxy      Update webproxy
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