All commands run with sudo. In a terminal, sudo local-cognitive-server on its own opens the console: the server’s status, a live view of its work, and these commands in a menu.
| Command |
What it does |
sudo local-cognitive-server |
The console |
sudo local-cognitive-server pair |
A one-time key for another computer of your account |
sudo local-cognitive-server status |
Running? Reachable? How many computers? CUDA or CPU, and why |
sudo local-cognitive-server devices |
The computers that can connect |
sudo local-cognitive-server revoke-device <id> |
Remove a computer’s access |
sudo local-cognitive-server logs |
Follow the service log (journalctl) |
sudo local-cognitive-server restart |
Restart the service; stop and start too |
| Command |
What it does |
sudo local-cognitive-server update |
Install the newest signed release, with a backup and an automatic rollback if it fails |
sudo local-cognitive-server rollback |
Go back to the previous release and the data from before the update |
sudo local-cognitive-server version |
The installed version |
update asks before it starts; add --yes to skip the question, or --wait to wait for running work to finish instead of refusing. See Updates for what happens step by step.
| Command |
What it does |
sudo local-cognitive-server backup |
Back up the data now |
sudo local-cognitive-server backups |
List the backups |
sudo local-cognitive-server restore <backup> |
Restore one |
sudo local-cognitive-server folders |
Folders on the server that connected computers may use for projects |
| Command |
What it does |
sudo local-cognitive-server cuda |
Install the CUDA runtime later (NVIDIA driver 570+) |
sudo local-cognitive-server error-reports on |
Send the server’s error reports to the developers; off stops it |
sudo local-cognitive-server uninstall |
Remove the server; its data and secrets key stay |
uninstall prints the commands that also delete the data, the key and the service user, if you want that.
