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n8nctl login

n8nctl login

Authenticate the active profile (alias for auth login)

Synopsis

Stores the API key in your OS keyring and verifies it against the instance. Get a key from n8n > Settings > n8n API.

n8nctl login [flags]

Options

      --api-key string    API key (otherwise prompted without echo)
      --base-url string   instance base URL to store for this profile
  -h, --help              help for login

Options inherited from parent commands

      --columns strings   comma-separated columns for table/csv output
      --dry-run           print the equivalent curl and send no request
      --jq string         apply a jq program to the result (e.g. '.[].id'); implies JSON input
      --no-color          disable colored output [env: NO_COLOR]
      --no-header         hide the table header row
  -o, --output string     output format: table|json|yaml|csv [env: N8NCTL_OUTPUT]
      --profile string    config profile (instance) to use [env: N8NCTL_PROFILE]
  -q, --quiet             suppress non-essential chatter
      --rps float         client-side rate limit in requests/sec (0 = use config/default)
      --show-token        do not redact the API key in --dry-run output
  -v, --verbose           verbose (debug) logging to stderr

SEE ALSO

  • n8nctl - Control any n8n instance from the terminal via its public API