# Mender-cli login by tenant token **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [October 13, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-cli-login-by-tenant-token/2660 "2020-10-13T05:56:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![siredmar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/siredmar/32/1032_2.png) [@siredmar](https://hub.mender.io/u/siredmar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-cli-login-by-tenant-token/2660/1 "2020-10-13T05:56:03Z")
Hi! I have three question regarding the mender-cli. 1. Is it possible to login to the server e.g. [https://hosted.mender.io](https://hosted.mender.io) or self hosted in Enterprise with the tenant token instead of username and password? I don’t like the idea of having a plain text file lying around with my credentials. 2. Currently i linked my github account to [mender.io](http://mender.io), but the login does not work. I created the ~/.mender-clirc json file ```auto { "username": "", "password": "", "server" : "https://hosted.mender.io" } ``` When i try to login i get 401 ```auto $ mender-cli login Using configuration file: /home/armin/.mender-clirc FAILURE: login failed with status 401 ``` Therefore i cannot use the mender-cli for artifacts managing within my CI/CD. 1. Why are issues in the github-repo for mender-cli disabled? I would create an issue as it is the github way to go. ---
**Author:** ![mirzak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/mirzak/32/2056_2.png) [@mirzak](https://hub.mender.io/u/mirzak)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 8:47am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-cli-login-by-tenant-token/2660/2 "2020-10-13T08:47:19Z")
> [@siredmar](#): > > Is it possible to login to the server e.g. [https://hosted.mender.io](https://hosted.mender.io) or self hosted in Enterprise with the tenant token instead of username and password? I don’t like the idea of having a plain text file lying around with my credentials. Right now we only support user/password login. There is something in the works to support “API keys” functionality. Many CI environments have the possibility to manage secrets, to avoid storing them as plain text files. I do not know if that is a possibility for you. > Currently i linked my github account to [mender.io](http://mender.io/), but the login does not work. I created the ~/.mender-clirc json file Will defer to @tranchitella or @peter. > Why are issues in the github-repo for mender-cli disabled? I would create an issue as it is the github way to go. Issues on github are disabled for all of our repositories, mostly I think since we have many repositories (59 and counting) and we prefer to centrally manage any questions/issues. The prefererad is [https://hub.mender.io](https://hub.mender.io) or [Mender - Issues - Mender and CFEngine (by Northern.tech) Jira](https://tracker.mender.io/projects/MEN) (also public) ---
**Author:** ![siredmar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/siredmar/32/1032_2.png) [@siredmar](https://hub.mender.io/u/siredmar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-cli-login-by-tenant-token/2660/3 "2020-10-13T13:11:04Z")
Hi! thanks for clearing things up. I created a PR ([https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-cli/pull/76](https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-cli/pull/76)) that makes configuration file handling and password handling a little bit better. The current behavior was a little non verbose. Also the interactive password prompt never got used. ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@peter](https://hub.mender.io/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-cli-login-by-tenant-token/2660/4 "2020-10-23T10:50:32Z")
hello @siredmar were you able to login with github? peter ---
**Author:** ![sschefter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/sschefter/32/2271_2.png) [@sschefter](https://hub.mender.io/u/sschefter)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-cli-login-by-tenant-token/2660/5 "2024-10-31T15:26:03Z")
Following up on this thread to see if the status has changed. @mirzak: You mentioned that support for API access using keys/token was in the works. Do you have any update on this? It’s four years on and, unless I’m doing something wrong, it doesn’t seem to be supported yet (mender-cli version 1.12.0). Thanks, Steve ---
**Author:** ![eystein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@eystein](https://hub.mender.io/u/eystein)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-cli-login-by-tenant-token/2660/6 "2024-11-08T22:58:45Z")
Hello, Indeed, several improvements are in place in this area now: - [Integration with CI/CD pipelines](https://docs.mender.io/artifact-creation/ci-cd) including GitHub, GitLab and Azure - Support for [Personal Access Tokens](https://docs.mender.io/server-integration/using-the-apis#personal-access-tokens) This should hopefully make your integrations much easier! ---
**Author:** ![sschefter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/sschefter/32/2271_2.png) [@sschefter](https://hub.mender.io/u/sschefter)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-cli-login-by-tenant-token/2660/7 "2024-11-11T11:54:08Z")
Thanks @eystein. Do you know what version of mender-cli had access via tokens added? Unless I’m doing something wrong, it doesn’t appear to work with version 1.12.0 that’s on the downloads page. $ ./mender-cli --version Configuration file not found. Continuing. mender-cli version 1.12.0 $ ./mender-cli artifacts --server [https://hosted.mender.io](https://hosted.mender.io) --token-value XXXXX list Configuration file not found. Continuing. FAILURE: Get [https://hosted.mender.io/api/management/v1/deployments/artifacts](https://hosted.mender.io/api/management/v1/deployments/artifacts) request failed with status 401 I get the same result if I write the token to a file and use the -token option. The same token in /etc/mender/mender.conf on a client works with mender-authd. I can also list the files with mender-cli after I login. ``` Steve ``` ---
**Author:** ![eystein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@eystein](https://hub.mender.io/u/eystein)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-cli-login-by-tenant-token/2660/8 "2024-11-11T16:47:21Z")
Hi Steve! Those are two different types of tokens it appears. mender-cli supports JWT token only it appears, which are short-lived and returned by the login enpoint. Did those work for you? Take a look here: [Using the APIs | Mender documentation](https://docs.mender.io/server-integration/using-the-apis#install-curl-and-jq-and-set-up-the-shell-variables) The newer long-lived tokens are PAT (Personal Access Tokens). Those are used by the CI/CD integrations I referenced. ---
**Author:** ![sschefter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/sschefter/32/2271_2.png) [@sschefter](https://hub.mender.io/u/sschefter)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-cli-login-by-tenant-token/2660/9 "2024-11-14T22:42:52Z")
Hi. I’ve not tried to use JWT tokens. If they are only short lived, then they are not of much interest I’m afraid. I’m having a hard time putting together this: > [@eystein](#): > > mender-cli supports JWT token only it appears with this: > [@eystein](#): > > The newer long-lived tokens are PAT (Personal Access Tokens). Those are used by the CI/CD integrations I referenced Indeed, the referenced information says that it uses Personal Access Tokens. But at the same time the [mender:upload:artifact](https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-ci-workflows/tree/1.0.0/templates/gitlab/mender-artifact-upload.gitlab-ci.yml) that it references uses mender-cli to upload the artifacts. So if mender-cli only supports JWT, how can the ${MENDER\_SERVER\_ACCESS\_TOKEN} variable that the CI scripts use be a PAT? ``` Steve ``` ---
**Author:** ![eystein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@eystein](https://hub.mender.io/u/eystein)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-cli-login-by-tenant-token/2660/10 "2024-12-04T20:42:26Z")
Hi Steve, Sorry for the delay, but could you try with using Personal Access Tokens? [https://docs.mender.io/server-integration/using-the-apis#personal-access-tokens](https://docs.mender.io/server-integration/using-the-apis#personal-access-tokens) I wasn’t sure if those are supported in mender-cli, but if they aren’t we should add support for them! ---
**Author:** ![sschefter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/sschefter/32/2271_2.png) [@sschefter](https://hub.mender.io/u/sschefter)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-cli-login-by-tenant-token/2660/11 "2024-12-16T19:53:11Z")
Hi Eystein. Sorry for the delay as well. It turns out that what I was testing with was a third kind of token. Not JWT or Personal Access Token, but rather an Organization Token. Those don’t work when using mender-cli. But I was able to confirm that PATs do work with mender-cli. Thanks for the help. Steve