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+# Migrate Bigchaindb cli for Tendermint
+
+## Problem Description
+With Tendermint integration some of the cli sub-commands have been rendered obsolete. It would be only appropriate to remove those sub-commands.
+
+### Use cases
+- Avoid confusing the user by not displaying irrelevant sub-commands.
+
+
+## Proposed Change
+Following sub-commands should be updated/removed:
+
+- `bigchaindb --help`: list the relevant sub-commands for `localmongodb` backend.
+`mongodb` and `rethinkdb` will be deprecated.
+In case the backend is not configured then the default backend `localmongodb` should be assumed.
+
+Following sub-commands should be deprecated for `localmongodb` backend.
+
+- `bigchaindb export-my-pubkey`
+  - A BigchainDB node still has a public key but that is not BigchainDB concern. It is handled by Tendermint.
+- `bigchaindb set-shards`
+  - This was only required for `rethinkdb`.
+- `bigchaindb set-replicas`
+  - This was only required for `rethinkdb`.
+- `bigchaindb add-replicas`
+  - This was only required for `mongodb` backend to add nodes to the MongoDB Replica Set, which is not required anymore,
+    because we are using standalone MongoDB instances i.e. `localmongodb`.
+- `bigchaindb remove-replicas`
+  - This was only required for backend to remove nodes from the MongoDB Replica Set, which is not required anymore.
+
+### Usage example
+**bigchaindb**
+
+```
+$ bigchaindb --help
+usage: bigchaindb [-h] [-c CONFIG] [-l {DEBUG,INFO,WARNING,ERROR,CRITICAL}]
+                  [-y] [-v]
+                  {configure,show-config,init,drop,start}
+                  ...
+
+Control your BigchainDB node.
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+  -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
+                        Specify the location of the configuration file (use
+                        "-" for stdout)
+  -l {DEBUG,INFO,WARNING,ERROR,CRITICAL}, --log-level {DEBUG,INFO,WARNING,ERROR,CRITICAL}
+                        Log level
+  -y, --yes, --yes-please
+                        Assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run non-
+                        interactively
+  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit
+
+Commands:
+  {configure,show-config,export-my-pubkey,init,drop,start,set-shards,set-replicas,add-replicas,remove-replicas}
+    configure           Prepare the config file
+    show-config         Show the current configuration
+    init                Init the database
+    drop                Drop the database
+    start               Start BigchainDB
+```
+
+**bigchaindb configure**
+
+```
+$ bigchaindb configure --help
+usage: bigchaindb configure [-h] {localmongodb}
+
+positional arguments:
+  {localmongodb}  The backend to use. It can be only be `localmongodb`.
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
+```
+
+**bigchaindb show-config**
+
+```
+$ bigchaindb show-config --help
+usage: bigchaindb show-config [-h]
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
+```
+
+**bigchaindb init**
+
+```
+$ bigchaindb init --help
+usage: bigchaindb init [-h]
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
+```
+
+**bigchaindb drop**
+
+```
+$ bigchaindb drop --help
+usage: bigchaindb drop [-h]
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
+```
+
+**bigchaindb start**
+
+```
+$ bigchaindb start --help
+usage: bigchaindb start [-h]
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+```
+
+### Data model impact
+N/A
+
+### API impact
+N/A
+
+### Security impact
+N/A
+
+### Performance impact
+N/A
+
+### End user impact
+N/A
+
+### Deployment impact
+N/A
+
+### Documentation impact
+Document the commands and sub-commands along with usage.
+
+
+### Testing impact
+Following test cases should be added
+- Set a backend other than `localmongodb` and see of it results in a valid unsupported
+  result.
+- Set `localmongodb` as backend and execute `bigchaindb --help` and validate that only the above
+  mentioned sub-commands are displayed.
+
+
+## Implementation
+
+### Assignee(s)
+Primary assignee(s): @muawiakh
+
+Secondary assignee(s): @kansi, @ttmc
+
+### Targeted Release
+BigchainDB 2.0
+
+
+## Dependencies
+N/A
+
+
+## Reference(s)
+* [Bigchaindb CLI](https://docs.bigchaindb.com/projects/server/en/latest/server-reference/bigchaindb-cli.html)