CLI Reference

The flexgate CLI manages your gateway from the terminal.

Installation

npm install -g flexgate-proxy
flexgate --version

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Commands

flexgate init

Generate a starter config/flexgate.json interactively.

flexgate init

Options:

Flag	Description
--force	Overwrite existing config
--minimal	Generate minimal config only

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flexgate start

Start the gateway using your config file.

flexgate start
# or with a custom config path
flexgate start --config /path/to/config.json

Options:

Flag	Default	Description
--config	config/flexgate.json	Path to config file
--port	3001	Override gateway port
--log-level	info	Log verbosity

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flexgate migrate

Run pending database migrations.

flexgate migrate

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flexgate status

Check the health of all services.

flexgate status

Example output:

FlexGate Status
───────────────
✅ Gateway        running   :3001
✅ Admin UI       running   :3000
✅ PostgreSQL     connected
✅ Redis          connected
⚠️  NATS          not running (using polling fallback)

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flexgate --help

flexgate --help
flexgate <command> --help