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# cargo-login(1)

## NAME

cargo-login — Log in to a registry

## SYNOPSIS

`cargo login` [options] [`--` args]

## DESCRIPTION

This command will run a credential provider to save a token so that commands that require authentication, such as cargo-publish(1), will be automatically authenticated.

All the arguments following the two dashes (`--`) are passed to the credential provider.

For the default `cargo:token` credential provider, the token is saved in `$CARGO_HOME/credentials.toml`. `CARGO_HOME` defaults to `.cargo` in your home directory.

If a registry has a credential-provider specified, it will be used. Otherwise, the providers from the config value `registry.global-credential-providers` will be attempted, starting from the end of the list.

The token will be read from stdin.

The API token for crates.io may be retrieved from https://crates.io/me.

Take care to keep the token secret, it should not be shared with anyone else.

## OPTIONS

### Login Options

`--registry` registry

  Name of the registry to use. Registry names are defined in Cargo config files. If not specified, the default registry is used, which is defined by the `registry.default` config key which defaults to `crates-io`.

### Display Options

`-v`
`--verbose`

  Use verbose output. May be specified twice for “very verbose” output which includes extra output such as dependency warnings and build script output. May also be specified with the `term.verbose` config value.

`-q`
`--quiet`

  Do not print cargo log messages. May also be specified with the `term.quiet` config value.

`--color` when

  Control when colored output is used. Valid values:

  - `auto` (default): Automatically detect if color support is available on the terminal.
  - `always`: Always display colors.
  - `never`: Never display colors.

  May also be specified with the `term.color` config value.

### Common Options

`+`toolchain

  If Cargo has been installed with rustup, and the first argument to `cargo` begins with `+`, it will be interpreted as a rustup toolchain name (such as `+stable` or `+nightly`). See the rustup documentation for more information about how toolchain overrides work.

`--config` KEY=VALUE or PATH

  Overrides a Cargo configuration value. The argument should be in TOML syntax of `KEY=VALUE`, or provided as a path to an extra configuration file. This flag may be specified multiple times. See the command-line overrides section for more information.

`-C` PATH

  Changes the current working directory before executing any specified operations. This affects things like where cargo looks by default for the project manifest (`Cargo.toml`), as well as the directories searched for discovering `.cargo/config.toml`, for example. This option must appear before the command name, for example `cargo -C path/to/my-project build`.

  This option is only available on the nightly channel and requires the `-Z unstable-options` flag to enable (see #10098).

`-h`
`--help`

  Prints help information.

`-Z` flag

  Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo. Run `cargo -Z help` for details.

## ENVIRONMENT

See the reference for details on environment variables that Cargo reads.

## EXIT STATUS

- `0`: Cargo succeeded.
- `101`: Cargo failed to complete.

## EXAMPLES

1. Save the token for the default registry:

       cargo login

2. Save the token for a specific registry:

       cargo login --registry my-registry

## SEE ALSO

cargo(1), cargo-logout(1), cargo-publish(1)