[basex-talk] Running commands on BaseX on Tomcat

Hello! I have BaseX 8.11 running on Tomcat and need to execute some commands or XQuery for deploying xml files from elsewhere. I allready have a XQuery function for this and can do it on my local setup using for example the basexclient. My problem is that the Tomcat is available only through HTTP and I wouldn't like to open up the function for the outside world using RESTXQ. Is there a way to "talk" with the BaseX in the Tomcat? I have full access to the machine via SSH. Another way I thought of would be to just upload the data folder from my local setup, but it doesn't feel the right way to do it. Best regards Kristian K