---
title: "CTERA Portal Scripts"
slug: "ctera-portal-scripts-3"
tags: ["Portal", "8.3"]
updated: 2025-06-16T14:23:25Z
published: 2025-06-16T14:23:25Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/ctera-portal-scripts-3"
---

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# CTERA Portal Scripts

The CTERA Portal Administrator will need to run scripts using SSH to connect to the portal server. For example, when configuring storage.

The scripts are located in `/usr/local/ctera/bin`

The following table lists some common portal scripts:

| Script | Description |
| --- | --- |
| portal-dump.sh | Create a Java stack dump file for troubleshooting. |
| portal-failover.sh | Switch roles between primary and replication servers. |
| portal-performance-util.sh | Run a storage pool performance test. |
| portal-log.sh | Display tomcat or database logs. |
| portal-manage.sh | Start, stop, or restart portal servers. |
| portal-storage-util.sh | Manage storage. |
| portal-support.sh | Manage access to the cterasupport account. |
| portal-timezone.sh | Update the machine timezone. |
| portal-tomcat.sh | Manage Tomcat servers. |
| rescan-files | Scans all the files in all the virtual portals for viruses. |