The CLI login command

--authority, --auth

No

Identity authority for the environment, such as identity server or AAD tenant URL.

--audience

No

The unique identifier of the audience that issued the token.

--environment, -n

No

Named Sitecore environment to use. Default: 'default'.

--cm

No

Sitecore content management hostname to connect to.

--allow-write

No

Enable writing data to the environment.

--client-credentials

No

Use client credentials (for CI/CD, shared secret).

--client-id

No

The OAuth ClientID to send. Defaults to 'Device' for device auth, and 'SitecoreCLIServer' for client credentials.

--client-secret

No

The OAuth client secret to send. Only used for client credentials authentication.

--config, -c

No

Path to the root sitecore.json directory. Default: current working directory.

--help, -h, -?

No

Display developer help and usage information about the command.

--trace, -t

No

Outputs additional diagnostics and detailed information about the command.

--insecure, -k

No

Allows using an insecure (http) authority URL. Only applicable with the client credentials flow (--client-credentials true). Available in version 4.1.0 and later.

--ref, -r

No

Log in to an existing environment and use its credentials. Requires that you provide the --cm and --allow-write parameters.

For example: dotnet sitecore login --ref <your environment> --cm https://<sitecore instance> --allow-write true.

Output:

Logging in to Sitecore. You should see a browser window open shortly.
[DeviceLogin] User Code : 1234
[DeviceLogin] Authentication url : https://<sitecore identity server>/device?userCode=1234
[DeviceLogin] Authorization pending. Waiting.
[DeviceLogin] Authorization pending. Waiting.
Your login is complete. You can close the browser tab now.
Login information has been saved.

Use the non-interactive client login.

Bypass the https protocol restriction.