Using Headless Authentication in the Blackbird CLI

Headless authentication allows you to use the CLI without interactively signing in with a username and password. Instead, you generate and use a pre-authenticated credential called a token to securely log in. This method is especially beneficial when using the CLI in headless environments, like continuous integration (CI) pipelines, where automated, non-interactive logins are essential.

When you use a headless token, all actions executed with the CLI will be associated to the account used to generate the token. If a user belongs to multiple organizations, the token will act on the organization that was active when the token was created.

Note: For details on the commands related to headless authentication tokens, see the CLI Reference.

To use headless authentication:

1. Generate a headless token.

2. Set the BLACKBIRD_TOKEN variable to the token value that was generated.

After you create the token, you can run any Blackbird command.