# rpk cloud auth token

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title: rpk cloud auth token
latest-operator-version: v26.2.1
latest-console-tag: v3.10.0
latest-connect-version: 4.104.0
latest-redpanda-tag: v26.2.1
docname: rpk/rpk-cloud/rpk-cloud-auth-token
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description: Print the cloud auth token of the current profile. This command prints the auth token for the currently selected cloud authentication to stdout.
page-git-created-date: "2026-05-29"
page-git-modified-date: "2026-08-11"
---

<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform/reference/rpk/rpk-cloud/rpk-cloud-auth-token.md -->

Print the cloud auth token of the current profile.

This command prints the auth token for the currently selected cloud authentication to stdout. This is useful for piping the token into other commands or scripts that need to authenticate with Redpanda Cloud.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk cloud auth token [flags]
```

## [](#global-flags)Global flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --config | string | Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are ~/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. |
| -X, --config-opt | stringArray | Override rpk configuration settings; -X help for detail or -X list for terser detail. |
| --ignore-profile | bool | Ignore rpk.yaml and redpanda.yaml; use default settings. |
| --profile | string | rpk profile to use. |
| -v, --verbose | bool | Enable verbose logging. |