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# Reference

Deep lookup reference for GridGain 8 — SQL, the control script, the REST API, monitoring metrics and system views, error codes, and a glossary.

Categorized lookup material for GridGain 8: SQL syntax, command-line and REST interfaces, the metrics and system views you monitor, and the exceptions the platform can raise.

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[Control Script](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/reference/cli-tool.md)
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Reference for the GridGain control.sh|bat command line tool used to monitor and control clusters — full command list, syntax, and connection parameters.
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[REST API](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/reference/rest-api.md)
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GridGain's HTTP REST API reference — the supported data types, binary objects in query results, returned values, and the full command reference.
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[SQL Reference](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/reference/sql.md)
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A comprehensive reference to the SQL data types, functions, commands, and conformance information supported by GridGain.
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[Monitoring Reference](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/reference/monitoring.md)
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Monitoring reference for GridGain 8 — the JMX metrics, system views, and generic metrics you can query to observe a running cluster.
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[Exceptions List](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/reference/error-codes.md)
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Exceptions raised by the Ignite and GridGain APIs and the action to take for each.
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[Glossary](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/reference/glossary.md)
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Definitions of the core GridGain 8 terms used throughout this documentation — clusters, nodes, caches, partitioning, persistence, and more.
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