# vespa auth

 

## vespa auth

Manage Vespa Cloud credentials

### Synopsis

Manage Vespa Cloud credentials.

```
vespa auth [flags]
```

### Options

```
-h, --help help for auth
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
-a, --application string The application to use. Format "tenant.application.instance" - instance is optional (tenant required for cloud targets)
  -C, --cluster string The container cluster to use. This is only required for applications with multiple clusters
  -c, --color string Whether to use colors in output. Must be "auto", "never", or "always" (default "auto")
  -i, --instance string The instance of the application to use
  -q, --quiet Print only errors
  -t, --target string The target platform to use. Must be "local", "cloud", "hosted" or an URL (default "local")
  -z, --zone string The zone to use. This defaults to a dev zone (cloud only)
```

### SEE ALSO

- [vespa](vespa.html) - The command-line tool for Vespa.ai
- [vespa auth api-key](vespa_auth_api-key.html) - Create a new developer key for headless authentication with Vespa Cloud control plane
- [vespa auth cert](vespa_auth_cert.html) - Create a new self-signed certificate for authentication with Vespa Cloud data plane
- [vespa auth login](vespa_auth_login.html) - Authenticate Vespa CLI with Vespa Cloud control plane. This is preferred over api-key for interactive use
- [vespa auth logout](vespa_auth_logout.html) - Sign out of Vespa Cloud
- [vespa auth show](vespa_auth_show.html) - Show authenticated user

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- [vespa auth](#vespa-auth)
- [Synopsis](#synopsis)
- [Options](#options)
- [Options inherited from parent commands](#options-inherited-from-parent-commands)
- [SEE ALSO](#see-also)