1. Sitecore Command Line Interface

Upgrade the Sitecore Command Line Interface to version 6

Version:

Sitecore Command Line Interface (CLI) is a tool that you install in PowerShell.

Note

If you do not have a previous installation of the CLI in your project, follow the steps to install Sitecore Command Line Interface instead.

To upgrade an existing CLI installation:

  1. Update the Sitecore Management Services module.

    Important

    This is an important step because starting with version 5.1.25 the CLI has a version compatibility feature that prevents you from running CLI commands with an outdated version of Sitecore Management Services.

  2. Update the CLI version:

    dotnet tool update sitecore.cli --version {version}
    Note

    To update to the latest available version, you can use the command without providing a version: dotnet tool update sitecore.cli.

  3. Update the default plugins:

    • To update all the default plugins, run the following command:

      dotnet sitecore plugin init --overwrite

    • Alternatively, update or add each plugin manually:

      dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization --version {version}
dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Publishing --version {version}
dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Indexing --version {version}
dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.ResourcePackage --version {version}

  4. If you want to install the database plugin, run the following command:

    dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.database --version {version}

  5. If you want to install the XM Cloud plugin, run the following command:

    dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.XMCloud

  6. Check your Sitecore CLI version using the following command:

    dotnet sitecore --version

    If your CLI was updated successfully, it returns the version you specified, such as 6.0.18.

  7. To update the JSON schema, run the following command in your project folder:

    dotnet sitecore init

  8. Check the installed plugins using the following command:

    dotnet sitecore plugin list

    If your CLI plugins were updated successfully, the command returns the following:

    Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Database v.{version}
Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Indexing v.{version}
Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Publishing v.{version}
Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.ResourcePackage v.{version}
Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization v.{version}
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