Server side tools can be started by executing the WAR file through the Java command line. For example:

$ java -jar gerrit.war <tool> [<options>]

Tool should be one of the following names:

Tools

init

Initialize a new Gerrit server installation.

daemon

Gerrit HTTP, SSH network server.

reindex

Rebuild the secondary index.

SwitchSecureStore

Change used SecureStore implementation.

version

Display the release version of Gerrit Code Review.

passwd

Set or reset password in secure.config.

Transition Utilities

LocalUsernamesToLowerCase

Convert the local username of every account to lower case.

ChangeExternalIdCaseSensitivity

Convert external IDs to be case insensitive.

MigrateAccountPatchReviewDb

Migrates AccountPatchReviewDb from one database backend to another.

Prolog Utilities (DEPRECATED)

prolog-shell

Simple interactive Prolog interpreter.

rulec

Compile project-specific Prolog rules to JARs.