generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://docs.unraveldata.com/unravel-v482x/en/quick-ref-manager-commands.html
name: manager
kind: admin-cli
description: First-party command-line tool shipped with every Unravel installation
  for operating and configuring the platform. Run as <Unravel installation
  directory>/manager <command> (for example /opt/unravel/manager start). This is an
  operations/administration CLI for the self-hosted product rather than a hosted
  developer-API CLI.
install:
  - method: bundled
    detail: Installed with Unravel under the installation directory (e.g.
      /opt/unravel/manager).
commands:
  - group: Main actions
    commands:
      - {name: start, description: Start Unravel}
      - {name: stop, description: Stop Unravel}
      - {name: restart, description: Restart Unravel}
      - {name: report, description: Report Unravel services}
      - {name: watch, description: Report Unravel services, refreshing every two seconds}
      - {name: service, description: Additional service management commands}
      - {name: config, description: Configure Unravel}
      - {name: refresh, description: Refresh scripts and configurations}
      - {name: activate, description: Activate an Unravel version}
      - {name: version, description: Unravel version information}
      - {name: precheck, description: Verify the system configuration supports the running Unravel}
      - {name: healthcheck, description: Verify the health of an Unravel installation}
      - {name: run, description: Run Unravel scripts}
      - {name: api, description: Unravel API tools}
  - group: BigQuery
    commands:
      - {name: config bigquery enable/disable, description: Enable or disable BigQuery support}
      - {name: config bigquery set-polling, description: Set the polling time to pull data from BigQuery}
      - {name: config bigquery show, description: Display the current BigQuery configuration}
      - {name: config bigquery add, description: Add BigQuery project(s) for monitoring (single or --batch, customer-supplied or Unravel-managed credentials)}
      - {name: config bigquery set-lr-endpoint, description: Set the Log Receiver endpoint for BigQuery projects}
      - {name: config bigquery integrate, description: Integrate BigQuery projects (optionally --skip-authorization)}
key_flows:
  - Start/stop/restart and health of the Unravel services (start, stop, report, healthcheck).
  - Configuration management via manager config properties set / config apply
    (e.g. com.unraveldata.api.access.tokens.store for persistent API tokens).
  - Onboarding BigQuery projects for monitoring.