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title: Administering your instance using the GitHub CLI
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intro: 'You can administer your GitHub Enterprise Server instance using the GitHub CLI extension for GHES Manage API.'
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versions:
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feature: ghes-manage-api-cli-extension
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type: how_to
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topics:
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- Enterprise
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- Fundamentals
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shortTitle: Using the GitHub CLI
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## About the `gh es` extension for {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %}
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{% data reusables.cli.about-cli %} For more information about the {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %}, see "[AUTOTITLE](/github-cli/github-cli/about-github-cli)".
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`gh es` is a {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %} extension that allows you to perform administrative tasks on {% data variables.location.product_location %} by using the instance's REST API endpoints. For more information about GitHub CLI extensions, see "[AUTOTITLE](/github-cli/github-cli/using-github-cli-extensions)".
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You can use the `gh es` extension to manage the root site administrator password, configure maintenance mode, view metadata and status information for your instance's nodes, and more. For installation and usage instructions, see the [github/gh-es repository](https://github.com/github/gh-es) on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}.
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## Further reading
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* "[AUTOTITLE](/rest/enterprise-admin/manage-ghes)"
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