fmcsadmin

fmcsadmin is a command line tool to administer the Database Server component of Claris FileMaker Server via Claris FileMaker Admin API. fmcsadmin supports public key authentication and remote server administration.

Features

• Close databases
• Delete a schedule
• Disable schedules
• Disconnect clients
• Enable schedules
• List clients, databases or schedules
• Open databases
• Temporarily stop database access
• Make paused databases available
• Run a schedule
• Send a message to clients
• Start a server process
• Restart a server process
• Stop a server process
• Retrieve server or CWP configuration settings
• Change server or CWP configuration settings
• List plug-ins
• Manage SSL certificates
• Move databases out of hosted folder
• View and change the setting for sharing streaming URLs
• Cancel the currently running backup
• View and change the setting for parallel backup
• FileMaker Admin API PKI Authentication
• View and change the settings for the persistent cache (for FileMaker Server 2024)
• View and change the setting for blocking new users (for FileMaker Server 2024)
• View and change the HTTPS tunneling setting for FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Go (for FileMaker Server 2024 (21.1))
• View and change the "Only open last opened databases" setting (for FileMaker Server 2024 (21.1))

Supported Servers

Please see details: https://support.claris.com/s/article/Claris-support-policy?language=en_US

• Claris FileMaker Server 2024 (until June 2026)
• Claris FileMaker Server 2023 (until Apr 2025)

Usage

You can script many tasks with fmcsadmin by using a scripting language that allows execution of shell or terminal commands.

    fmcsadmin HELP COMMANDS
       Lists available commands

    fmcsadmin HELP [COMMAND]
       Displays help on the specified COMMAND

    fmcsadmin HELP OPTIONS
       Lists available options

Note: Handling schedule ID 1 is not supported for FileMaker Server.

Noteworthy Options

• --fqdn (for remote server administration)
• -i (for PKI authentication)

    fmcsadmin --fqdn fms.example.com -i /path/to/IDENTITYFILE list files

System Requirements

• Linux version : Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS for ARM
• macOS version : macOS Ventura 13, macOS Sonoma 14 or macOS Sequoia 15
• Windows version : Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows 10 Version 22H2, Windows 11 Version 22H2 or later

Download

Download from the latest release page.

Author

Emic Corporation https://www.emic.co.jp/

License

This software is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt for more information.