Authenticating

There are several ways to authenticate the Filen CLI.

Generally, if you have 2FA enabled and don't specify a 2FA code, you will be prompted for it.

Keep me signed in

Invoke the CLI and specify your Filen email and password. You can then choose to save them in a local encrypted configuration file. You can delete them later using filen delete-credentials.

Arguments

Invoke the CLI with the --email and --password (optionally --two-factor-code) arguments set.

Environment variables

Put your credentials in the FILEN_EMAIL and FILEN_PASSWORD (optionally FILEN_2FA_CODE) environment variables.

Credentials from file

Store your Filen email and password in a file named .filen-cli-credentials where you invoke the CLI. Put your email and password in separate lines, in plain text (optionally 2FA code in third line).

Auth config

Export an "auth config" (which includes your Filen email, password and other details) using filen export-auth-config. This will produce a file named .filen-cli-auth-config, which you need to place where you invoke the CLI from. This option can be useful especially for clustered WebDAV/S3 servers, where otherwise too many login requests result in rate limiting.