---
title: Administering your instance from the command line
intro: 'You can use the administrative shell (SSH) and command-line utilities to perform administrative tasks for {% data variables.location.product_location %}.'
versions:
  ghes: '*'
type: how_to
topics:
  - Enterprise
children:
  - /accessing-the-administrative-shell-ssh
  - /administering-your-instance-using-the-github-cli
  - /command-line-utilities
shortTitle: Command line
---