Command Line Tools
The Netlify command line tools lets you deploy sites or configure continuous deployment straight from the command line.
Installation
You’ll need npm, the node package manager, to install the Netlify cli:
npm install netlify-cli -g
Manual Deploy
netlify deploy
The netlify deploy command will deploy a site, whether it’s a new site or an existing site.
The first time you deploy a new site will be created and netlify will prompt for the path to deploy. Netlify stores the site id and the folder in a local .netlify file. After the first deploy you can simply run netlify deploy to deploy again
Environments
You can specify an environment for any command with the -e flag. Each environment can have its own settings. This makes it very easy to setup different sites for staging and production.
netlify deploy -e production
Continuous Deployment
netlify init
To configure continuous deployment for a front end project or a static site generator, use netlify init from the root of your project. Your project must be a github repository.
Netlify init will guide you through the process of configuring continuous deployment.
Names, Domains and Passwords
netlify update
You can update attributes on your site through the cli. Currently the name of the site (
netlify update -n my-test-site -d www.example.com -p my-password
You’ll need to configure the DNS settings for your custom domain apart from assigning the domain to your site.
Authentication
The first time you use the cli tool, you’ll be asked to authenticate through the browser. After you authenticate we’ll store an access token in a global ~/.netlify/config.
You can specify a different access token for use with any command with the -t flag.