# rpk cloud auth

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title: rpk cloud auth
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description: Manage <code>rpk</code> cloud authentications. An <code>rpk</code> cloud authentication allows you to talk to Redpanda Cloud.
page-git-created-date: "2024-07-25"
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform/reference/rpk/rpk-cloud/rpk-cloud-auth.md -->

Manage `rpk` cloud authentications.

An `rpk` cloud authentication allows you to talk to Redpanda Cloud. Most likely, you will only ever need to use a single SSO based login and you will not need this command space. Multiple authentications can be useful if you have multiple Redpanda Cloud accounts for different organizations and want to swap between them, or if you use SSO as well as client credentials. It is recommended to only use a single SSO based login.

## [](#usage)Usage

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

## [](#subcommands)Subcommands

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| rpk cloud auth delete | Delete an rpk cloud authentication. Deleting a cloud authentication removes it from the rpk.yaml file. |
| rpk cloud auth list | List rpk cloud authentications. |
| rpk cloud auth token | Print the cloud auth token of the current profile. This command prints the auth token for the currently selected cloud authentication to stdout. |
| rpk cloud auth use | Select the rpk cloud authentication to use. This swaps the current cloud authentication to the specified cloud authentication. |

## [](#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. |