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