charm auth

Manage the local credentials used by the Charm CLI.

charm auth login

This opens the browser-based login flow and stores a local token for future commands such as charm push and charm logs.

Check Current User

charm auth whoami

Use this before publishing if you are unsure which account the CLI will use.

For headless environments or CI-style workflows:

charm auth manual --token <TOKEN>

Only use manual tokens in trusted environments.

charm auth logout

This removes local Charm credentials.

The CLI stores local configuration under the user’s Charm config directory, commonly ~/.charm/config.toml. Do not commit local credential files.