To set up and authenticate with the CLI, run the following command:

porter auth login

This command will automatically set a project ID and a cluster ID in your default configuration file, if you have a project and cluster. You can always view your default configuration by running porter config. You can see all projects that you have access to by running:

porter projects list

And you can set a project via:

porter config set-project [PROJECT_ID]

Next, you can see all clusters that you have access to via:

porter clusters list

And similarly, you can set the cluster:

porter config set-cluster [CLUSTER_ID]

One useful way to make sure that you have access to a cluster is by running:

porter cluster namespace list

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Environment Variables and Global Flags

The following environment variables can be set in order to authenticate to and target a specific Porter instance, project, or cluster:

PORTER_PROJECT
PORTER_CLUSTER
PORTER_HOST
PORTER_TOKEN

These are also supported as global flags:

--cluster uint   cluster ID of Porter cluster
--host string    host URL of Porter instance (default "https://dashboard.getporter.dev")
--project uint   project ID of Porter project
--token string   token for Porter authentication

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Viewing Help Instructions

You can view help instructions for any command via the -h, or --help flag. For example:

porter -h
porter cluster -h
porter cluster namespace -h

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Cloudflare Authentication

If your Porter instance is self-hosted and sits behind Cloudflare, see this guide to get a Cloudflare access token. Then run the following:

export PORTER_CF_ACCESS_TOKEN=<your-cf-token>
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