The CLI index command

Current version: 10.4

The Sitecore indexing plugin includes an index command. This command automates indexing operations. To install the indexing plugin, run the following code:

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dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Indexing --version 4.0.0

Note

This command is available from CLI 4.0 or later.

Usage

You can use the command as follows:

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dotnet sitecore index [subcommand] [options]

Subcommands

You can use the following subcommands:

Subcommand	Description
`list`	Provides the list of available indexes from the environment
`schema-populate`	Populates the managed schema
`rebuild`	Rebuilds all the indexes
`statistic`	Statistics of all the indexes

All the subcommands require elevated permissions.

Options

You can use the following options with the list subcommand:

Option	Required?	Description
`-n, --environment-name <environment-name>`	Optional	The Sitecore environment to use. Default: `default`.
`-c, --config <CONFIG>`	Optional	Path to root `sitecore.config` directory (default: cwd).
`-v, --verbose`	Optional	Report additional diagnostic and performance data.
`-t, --trace`	Optional	Report additional diagnostic and performance data.
`-?, -h, --help`	Optional	Help for the command.

You can use the following options with the schema-populate subcommand:

Option	Required?	Description
`-i, --indexes <list-of-indexes>`	Optional	Populate the schema for specified indexes.
`-n, --environment-name <environment-name>`	Optional	The Sitecore environment to use. Default: `default`.
`-c, --config <CONFIG>`	Optional	Path to root sitecore.config directory (default: cwd).
`-v, --verbose`	Optional	Report additional diagnostic and performance data.
`-t, --trace`	Optional	Report additional diagnostic and performance data.
`-?, -h, --help`	Optional	Help for the command.

You can use the following options with the rebuild subcommand:

Option	Required?	Description
`-i, --indexes <list-of-indexes>`	Optional	Rebuild the specified indexes.
`-n, --environment-name <environment-name>`	Optional	The Sitecore environment to use. Default: `default`.
`-c, --config <CONFIG>`	Optional	Path to root sitecore.config directory (default: cwd).
`-v, --verbose`	Optional	Report additional diagnostic and performance data.
`-t, --trace`	Optional	Report additional diagnostic and performance data.
`-?, -h, --help`	Optional	Help for the command.

You can use the following options with the statistic subcommand:

Option	Required?	Description
`-n, --environment-name <environment-name>`	Optional	The Sitecore environment to use. Default: `default`.
`-c, --config <CONFIG>`	Optional	Path to root sitecore.config directory (default: cwd).
`-t, --trace`	Optional	Report additional diagnostic and performance data.
`-?, -h, --help`	Optional	Help for the command.

Examples

The following are examples of the index command use:

Command	Result
`dotnet sitecore index list`	RequestResponse `List of Indexes: sitecore_master_index sitecore_core_index`
`dotnet sitecore index schema-populate`	RequestResponse `The search indexes have been populated. Result: sitecore_core_index [job ended] sitecore_master_index [job ended] sitecore_web_index [job ended]`
`dotnet sitecore index schema-populate -i sitecore_master_index`	RequestResponse `The search indexes have been populated. Result: sitecore_master_index [job ended]`
`dotnet sitecore index rebuild`	RequestResponse `The search indexes have been rebuilt. Result: sitecore_core_index [job ended] [units processsed: 13596] sitecore_master_index [job ended] [units processsed: 16620] sitecore_web_index [job ended] [units processsed: 13596]`
`dotnet sitecore index rebuild -i sitecore_master_index`	RequestResponse `The search indexes have been rebuilt. Result: sitecore_master_index [job ended] [units processsed: 16620]`
`dotnet sitecore index statistic`	RequestResponse `Index statistics: sitecore_core_index Rebuild Time: Never Run Last Updated: 08/13/2021 - 08:45 (UTC) Approximate Throughput: items per second Has Deletions: False Out of Date: False Document Count: 0 Number of Fields: -1 Number of Terms: -1`

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