traefik/docs/content/operations/cli.md

# CLI

The Traefik Command Line
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## General

```bash
traefik [command] [--flag=flag_argument]
```

Available commands: 

- `version` : Print version
- `storeconfig` : Store the static Traefik configuration into a Key-value store. Please refer to the `Store Traefik configuration`(TODO: add doc and link) section to get documentation on it.
- `healthcheck`: Calls Traefik `/ping` to check health.

Each command can have additional flags.

All those flags will be displayed with:

```bash
traefik [command] --help
```

Each command is described at the beginning of the help section:

```bash
traefik --help

# or

docker run traefik[:version] --help
# ex: docker run traefik:1.5 --help
```

### Command: healthcheck

Checks the health of Traefik.
Its exit status is `0` if Traefik is healthy and `1` if it is unhealthy.

This can be used with Docker [HEALTHCHECK](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#healthcheck) instruction or any other health check orchestration mechanism.

!!! note
    The [`ping` endpoint](../ping/) must be enabled to allow the `healthcheck` command to call `/ping`.

```bash
traefik healthcheck
```

```bash
OK: http://:8082/ping
```