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layout: docs
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page_title: 'Commands: Login'
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sidebar_title: login
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description: >
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The `login` command will exchange the provided third party credentials with
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the requested auth method for a newly minted Consul ACL token.
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---
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# Consul Login
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Command: `consul login`
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The `login` command will exchange the provided third party credentials with the
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requested auth method for a newly minted Consul ACL token. The companion
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command `consul logout` should be used to destroy any tokens created this way
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to avoid a resource leak.
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## Usage
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Usage: `consul login [options]`
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#### API Options
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@include 'http_api_options_client.mdx'
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#### Command Options
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- `-bearer-token-file=<string>` - Path to a file containing a secret bearer
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token to use with this auth method.
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- `-meta=<value>` - Metadata to set on the token, formatted as `key=value`. This
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flag may be specified multiple times to set multiple meta fields.
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- `-method=<string>` - Name of the auth method to login to.
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- `-token-sink-file=<string>` - The most recent token's SecretID is kept up to
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date in this file.
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### Examples
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Login to an auth method.
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```shell
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$ consul login -method 'minikube' \
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-bearer-token-file '/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token' \
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-token-sink-file 'consul.token'
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$ cat consul.token
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36103ae4-6731-e719-f53a-d35188cfa41d
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```
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