cloud-login
Log in to a Fauna account.
Description
The cloud-login command prompts for Fauna credentials and,
if authentication is successful, creates a cloud endpoint in the
configuration file, which is used
to query a Fauna database.
Command line prompts help create endpoints that work with Region Groups and with secrets for existing databases:
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Endpoint alias prefix |
To access databases in multiple Region Groups, this prompt requests a prefix that can be applied to multiple Region Group endpoints. |
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How do you prefer to authenticate? |
Authentication preference:
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Multi-factor authentication |
When multi-factor authentication (MFA) is enabled for your account,
you’re prompted for the current, time-based multi-factor authentication code.
Get the current code in your authenticator app. If you enter an incorrect
code, |
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Default endpoint |
When the configuration file has an existing endpoint, you are asked if the new endpoint to be created by this command should be the default endpoint. |
The cloud-login command is the preferred way to connect to an endpoint.
Use the endpoint add command
if you want to connect to a non-standard endpoint.
Examples
The following example demonstrates the use of cloud-login and the
prompts for email/secret and password:
fauna cloud-login
? The endpoint alias prefix (to combine with a region): cloud
? How do you prefer to authenticate? Email and Password
? Email address: docs@fauna.com
? Password: [hidden]
? Enter your multi-factor authentication code 377277
? Endpoints created. Would you like to set one of them as default? Keep 'cloud'
endpoint as default
Endpoint 'cloud' set as default endpoint.After a successful login, your
configuration file now has a
cloud endpoint that includes the secret to access your top-level
database. The configuration file should resemble:
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