Specification: Exponential Platform console command names #

This page lists the console command names of the Symfony based Exponential Platform (bin/console): the exponential: primary names, the old names that remain as aliases, and the options of the commands you use most. Read it when you write cron entries, deployment scripts or runbooks for a platform project. It does not cover the legacy kernel's ./console and bin/php/* scripts; those are described in Console.

Introduced on 2026-04-07 (kernel, legacy bridge) and documented in the skeleton on 2026-04-10.

The rule #

The primary name of every migrated command starts with exponential:. The earlier names stay registered as deprecated aliases, so scripts, cron entries and runbooks that use them keep working. Use the exponential: name in everything new.

Commands that were not migrated keep their upstream name, for example ibexa:cron:run and ibexa:graphql:generate-schema. To see what your project registers and which options a command takes:

php bin/console list
php bin/console help <command>

Platform kernel commands #

Commit 4b90bbf4d (2026-04-07) in the 3.x / 4.6 kernel fork ezplatform-kernel. Each command gets its new name with setName() and keeps the old one through the deprecated alias mechanism.

On Platform v5 the same names come from the kernel package se7enxweb/exponential-platform-dxp-core, the version the Nexus starter and the DXP skeleton install. That package also adds exponential:check-urls, exponential:content-type-group:set-system and the install type exponential-media (Nexus starter). Its repository is not part of the change ledger, so the two rows marked "v5" are taken from the skeleton guide and the installed package.

Options of the commands you use most #

Options and defaults as documented in the skeleton guide:

Examples:

php bin/console exponential:install exponential-oss                      # type: exponential-oss (default) or ibexa-oss
php bin/console exponential:install exponential-oss --skip-indexing      # no automatic reindex
php bin/console exponential:reindex --iteration-count=100                # batch size
php bin/console exponential:reindex --content-ids=2,34,68                # only these content ids
php bin/console exponential:reindex --content-type=article
php bin/console exponential:reindex --subtree=45
php bin/console exponential:check-urls --iteration-count=100 --user=editor
php bin/console exponential:copy-subtree 42 2 --user=admin
php bin/console exponential:images:resize-original image banner --filter=large --iteration-count=10

Legacy bridge commands #

Commit 8cea9e8 (2026-04-07); also dc19470 in the Platform 4 bridge.

Two names changed spelling: install_extensions became install-extensions, and assets_install became assets-install. The old underscore spellings are the aliases.

Migrate your scripts #

1. Find old names in cron files and scripts:

   grep -rnE "bin/console +(ibexa|ezplatform|ezpublish):" /etc/cron.d /var/spool/cron ~/bin ./deploy 2>/dev/null

   Each output line is file:line:text with an old name. No output means nothing to change.

2. Replace them with the primary names from the tables above. Nothing breaks if you do not; the aliases stay.

3. If a tool parses list or command output, expect the new names in the listing.

Related pages #

• Upgrade notes: Package forks and command renames
• Specifications: Platform package map, Platform SQLite installer, Legacy bridge bundle
• Features: Legacy bridge, DXP skeleton, Nexus starter, Platform administration interface, Layouts on the platform, PHP 8.5 framework forks, Site bundles, SQLite for Exponential Platform, AdminNeo database manager
• Changelog: Platform changelog
• History: ecosystem overview, ecosystem months, change ledger; repositories ezplatform-kernel, legacyBridge, ibexa-legacy-bridge---7x, exponential-platform-dxp-skeleton