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title: "Atlassian CLI Start Script"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/ACLI/60560957/Atlassian%20CLI%20Start%20Script"
format: markdown
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> ❌ **Obsolete**
> ❌ 
> ❌ This ONLY applies to versions 8.8 and lower. New configuration support is available in [Version 9.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI/pages/60563146) and higher that eliminates the complexity of this start script.

# Summary

The **atlassian** script is a more powerful script to use in place of product specific scripts (like jira.sh and confluence.sh) and provides a consistent way to access multiple CLIs and servers.

# Customization Steps

| **Step** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| Find the example script | - Look for an example **atlassian.bat** (Windows) or **atlassian.sh** (Linux, OSX) in the CLI installation directory |
| Open in an editor | - See the comments for customization instructions |
| Add an entry for each Atlassian server or CLI you want to use | - Use the entry that specific to the server product
- Name it something convenient for you to remember - usually the same as the instance is normally referred to in your organization |
| Optional<br>- Consider adding the installation directory to your path | - Makes it easier to use |
| Optional for Linux or OSX | - Copy or rename **atlassian.sh** to **atlassian**<br>> ✅ **Best Practice**
> ✅ 
> ✅ This is what we follow internally to minimize maintenance for upgrades:
> ✅ 
> ✅ - Follow the CLI installation naming convention as indicated in the example script
> ✅ - Put your customized **atlassian** script in a directory on your path
> ✅ - Put a soft link to the **atlassian** script in each CLI installation directory
> ✅   - This makes it possible to extract the correct CLI version for your script automatically<br>### Alternative<br>- Make sure the current directory (.) is on your path
- On upgrades, copy the **atlassian** file to the new installation
  - Edit the file and find/replace the **version** if necessary |
| Use | ##### **Examples**<br>```
atlassian my-jira --action getServerInfo
atlassian my-confluence --action getServerInfo
atlassian my-bamboo --action getServerInfo
atlassian my-stash --action getServerInfo
``` |