astra config create

astra config create [-dqV] [--no-input] [--[no-]overwrite] [--[no-]spinner]
                    [--dump-logs[=FILE]] [-cf=PATH] [--color=WHEN] [-e=ENV]
                    [-o=FORMAT] -t=TOKEN [NAME]

Create a new configuration profile to store your Astra credentials.

Use the --token @<file> syntax to securely read the token from a file, without leaking the token to your shell history, where the file contains only the token as plain text or a JSON string.

Options

NAME

Unique name for the profile

-cf, --config-file

The .astrarc file to work with. See astra config path -h for how this is resolved.

-t, --token

Astra token (AstraCS:…​) or @<file> to read from file

-e, --env

Astra environment the token targets

-d, --default

Set the created profile as the default profile. Same as 'config use <profile>'

--overwrite

Overwrite any existing profile with the same name

Common Options
-o, --output

One of: human, json, csv

-V, --verbose

Enable verbose logging output

-q, --quiet

Only output essential information

--spinner

Enable/disable loading spinners

--no-input

Don’t ask for user input (e.g. confirmation prompts)

--color

One of: auto, never, always

--dump-logs

Write all logs to an optionally specified file

Examples

# (Recommended) Interactively create a new profile
$ astra setup

# (Recommended) Securely create a new profile with the token provided from a file
$ astra config create my_profile -t @token.txt

# Programmatically create a new profile
$ astra config create my_profile -t AstraCS:...

# Create a new profile with the default name (organization name)
$ astra config create -t AstraCS:...

# Create a new profile and set it as the default profile
$ astra config create my_profile -t AstraCS:... --default

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