CLI Overview

The mac command-line tool is installed by the MAC Debian package at /usr/bin/mac. It is the supported way to start, stop, configure, and inspect MAC services on each host. The same binary is used on Master and Agent nodes — the role is selected at start time.

Tab completion is registered automatically; press <Tab> after mac to see all subcommands.

Command Summary

Command	Purpose
mac pull	Pull container images from the configured registry
mac start	Start MAC services in all, master, or agent mode
mac stop	Stop running MAC services
mac restart	Stop + start MAC services in one step
mac status	List running MAC containers
mac logs	Tail logs for one or more MAC containers
mac info	Print version, registry, config dir, and effective env
mac clean	Remove all MAC containers, networks, volumes, images
mac env	Show or modify MAC environment variables
mac version (-v, --version)	Print the CLI version and exit

Where to Go

• Service Control — pull, start, stop, status, clean
• Environment Variables — mac env plus the full variable reference
• Examples — copy-pasteable snippets for common workflows
• Without the Package — running mac from a source checkout and direct docker compose use