tldr/pages/common/ibmcloud-login.md

ibmcloud login

Log in to the IBM Cloud. More information: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cli?topic=cli-ibmcloud_cli#ibmcloud_login.

• Log in by using an interactive prompt:

ibmcloud login

• Log in to a specific API endpoint (default is cloud.ibm.com):

ibmcloud login -a {{api_endpoint}}

• Log in by providing username, password and the targeted region as parameters:

ibmcloud login -u {{username}} -p {{password}} -r {{us-south}}

• Log in with an API key, passing it as an argument:

ibmcloud login --apikey {{api_key_string}}

• Log in with an API key, passing it as a file:

ibmcloud login --apikey @{{path/to/api_key_file}}

• Log in with a federated ID (single sign-on):

ibmcloud login --sso