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Authentication Commands

The auth commands manage how you authenticate with the Fabric CLI. The CLI supports multiple authentication methods for both interactive and automated scenarios.

Supported Types:

Not resource-specific; applies to CLI authentication context.

Available Commands

Command Description Usage
auth login Log in to Fabric CLI auth login [parameters]
auth logout Log out of current session auth logout
auth status Show authentication status auth status

login

Authenticate with Fabric CLI.

Usage:

Interactive login

Uses the default tenant unless --tenant is specified.

fab auth login [--tenant <tenant_id>]

Azure CLI

--tenant cannot be used with --azure-cli. Uses the tenant from the existing az login session. 

fab auth login --azure-cli

Service principal

# Service principal with secret
fab auth login -u <client_id> -p <client_secret> --tenant <tenant_id>

# Service principal with certificate
fab auth login -u <client_id> --certificate <path> --tenant <tenant_id>

Workload identity

fab auth login -u <client_id> --federated-token <token> --tenant <tenant_id>

Parameters:

  • -u, --user: Client ID for service principal. Optional.
  • -p, --password: Client secret for service principal. Optional.
  • --federated-token: Federated token for workload identity. Optional.
  • --certificate: Path to certificate file. Optional.
  • --azure-cli: Use an existing Azure CLI login session as the token provider. Requires Azure CLI to be installed and logged in (az login). Optional.
  • --tenant: Tenant ID. Optional.

logout

End the current authentication session.

Usage:

fab auth logout

status

Display current authentication state.

Usage:

fab auth status

For more examples and detailed scenarios, see Authentication Examples.