authenticate password

Command: boundary authenticate password

The authenticate password command lets you invoke the password auth method to authenticate the Boundary CLI.

Examples

The following example authenticates the Boundary CLI using the password auth method and specifying the username:

$ boundary authenticate password -login-name user1
Please enter the password (it will be hidden): <password>

Authentication information:
  Account ID:      acctpw_JQXp0QHxQL
  Auth Method ID:  ampw_xxF3EIBn4k
  Expiration Time: Thu, 26 May 2022 11:36:27 MDT
  User ID:         u_RlkqMP6jUv

The token was successfully stored in the chosen keyring and is not displayed here.

Usage

$ boundary authenticate password [options] [args]

Command options

• -auth-method-id (string: "") - The auth-method resource you want to use for the authentication. You can also specify the auth method resource using the BOUNDARY_AUTH_METHOD_ID environment variable.

• -login-name (string: "") - A login name that corresponds to an account within the given auth method. You can also specify a login name using the BOUNDARY_AUTHENTICATE_PASSWORD_LOGIN_NAME environment variable.

• -password (string: "") - The password that is associated with the login name. If this value is blank, the command prompts you to enter the password interactively in a non-echoing way. Otherwise, this value can refer to a file on disk (file://) from which a password is read or an environment variable (env://) from which the password is read. You can also specify the password using the BOUNDARY_AUTHENTICATE_PASSWORD_PASSWORD environment variable.

• -scope-id (string: "") - The scope ID to use for the operation. You can also specify the scope ID using the BOUNDARY_SCOPE_ID environment variable.