auth - Cloud Foundry CLI Reference Guide

NAME

auth - Authenticate non-interactively

USAGE

cf auth USERNAME PASSWORD cf auth USERNAME PASSWORD --origin ORIGIN cf auth CLIENT_ID CLIENT_SECRET --client-credentials

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

CF_USERNAME=user Authenticating user. Overridden if USERNAME argument is provided.
CF_PASSWORD=password Password associated with user. Overriden if PASSWORD argument is provided.

WARNING

Providing your password as a command line option is highly discouraged Your password may be visible to others and may be recorded in your shell history Consider using the CF_PASSWORD environment variable instead

EXAMPLES

cf auth [email protected] "my password" (use quotes for passwords with a space) cf auth [email protected] "\"password\"" (escape quotes if used in password)

OPTIONS

--client-credentials: Use (non-user) service account (also called client credentials)
--origin: Indicates the identity provider to be used for authentication