generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://docs.thoughtspot.com/software/latest/administration
clis:
- name: tscli
  official: true
  scope: ThoughtSpot Software (on-premises / private cloud) cluster administration
  description: >-
    First-party command-line tool for administering a self-managed ThoughtSpot
    Software cluster — installation, configuration, service control, backup and
    restore, and cluster health.
  docs: https://docs.thoughtspot.com/software/latest/administration
  command_groups:
  - {name: cluster, description: Cluster status, start/stop, and configuration.}
  - {name: backup, description: Create and manage cluster backups.}
  - {name: restore, description: Restore a cluster from backup.}
  - {name: service, description: Manage individual ThoughtSpot services.}
  - {name: monitoring, description: Cluster health and monitoring.}
notes: >-
  tscli is the first-party admin CLI for ThoughtSpot Software (on-prem). It
  targets cluster operations rather than the Cloud v2.0 REST API. There is no
  first-party CLI wrapper of the Cloud REST API; cs_tools is a popular community
  CLI built on the REST API and is not first-party.