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# login Command - Medusa Cloud CLI Reference
Authenticate with Cloud and store your credentials on disk. This is essential before running other Cloud CLI commands.
```bash
mcloud login
```
Running the command without options opens a browser window where you complete
the login flow. After a successful login, your credentials are stored on your
machine and reused automatically by subsequent CLI commands.
When the `MCLOUD_TOKEN` environment variable is set, `mcloud login` cannot be
called. The CLI rejects it because the environment variable takes
precedence. Use `mcloud login` only when `MCLOUD_TOKEN` is not set.
## Options
|Option|Description|
|---|---|---|
|\`-t \\`|A Cloud access key. Stores the key to disk without opening a browser.
Use this on developer machines or headless servers where you want
stored credentials. Either use this option or |
|\`--json\`|Print the result as JSON instead of formatted text. Defaults to |
## Authenticate Locally
After installing the CLI, run `mcloud login` without setting `MCLOUD_TOKEN`. A browser will open to login with your Cloud account. After you complete the login flow, your credentials are stored locally and used automatically by subsequent commands.
```bash
mcloud login
```
After login, the CLI infers and saves a default context (organization, project, and the production environment if available) so subsequent commands can run without `--organization`, `--project`, or `--environment` flags. You can change the active context at any time with [`mcloud use`](https://docs.medusajs.com/cli/commands/use).
To log out, run [mcloud logout](https://docs.medusajs.com/cli/commands/logout) to clear your credentials from disk.
***
## Non-Interactive Authentication
If you don't have access to a browser, you prefer non-interactive authentication, or you're using the CLI in CI/CD pipelines and other automated environments, set the `MCLOUD_TOKEN`
environment variable to your access key. The CLI reads it directly on every
command invocation, and you do not need to call `mcloud login` at all.
Cloud supports two types of access keys for non-interactive authentication.
The type you use determines whether you need to pass `--organization` on
commands that scope to an organization.
- [Personal access key](https://docs.medusajs.com/access-keys#manage-personal-access-keys): Generated from your account settings in the Cloud dashboard. Grants access to every organization you belong to, so you must specify which organization to target by passing `--organization` on every command that requires it, or by setting it once with [`mcloud use --organization `](https://docs.medusajs.com/cli/commands/use).
- [Organization access key](https://docs.medusajs.com/access-keys#manage-organization-access-keys): Generated from an organization's settings in the Cloud dashboard. Scoped to that specific organization, so `--organization` is never required.
```bash
# Set once in your CI platform as a secret
export MCLOUD_TOKEN=sk_123ABC
# Then run commands as normal without passing --token or --organization (if using an organization access key)
mcloud environments list --project my-store
mcloud logs --project my-store --environment production --follow
```
### With a Personal Access Key
Personal access keys require an organization ID. Pass `--organization` on each command, or set it once with `mcloud use --organization ` so all subsequent commands use it automatically:
```bash
# Personal access key set as a secret in your CI platform
export MCLOUD_TOKEN=sk_123ABC
# Persist the active organization in the context configuration
mcloud use --organization org_01ABC123
mcloud environments list --project proj_123
mcloud logs --project proj_123 --environment production --follow
# Switch to a different organization later
mcloud use --organization org_01DEF456
mcloud environments list --project proj_123
```
### With an Organization Access Key
Organization access keys are already scoped to one organization, so you don't need to set the active organization or pass `--organization` on commands:
```bash
# Set organization access key as a secret in your CI platform
export MCLOUD_TOKEN=sk_123ABC
mcloud environments list --project proj_123
mcloud logs --project proj_123 --environment production --follow
```
### Logging Out of Non-Interactive Authentication
To log out when using `MCLOUD_TOKEN`, unset the environment variable:
```bash
unset MCLOUD_TOKEN
```
Subsequent commands will fail until you either set `MCLOUD_TOKEN` again or run `mcloud login` to authenticate with a browser and store credentials on disk.
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