
Ep. 128 Going Command-line with Atlas CLI
The MongoDB Podcast
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How Does the Atlas CLI Authentication Work?
Security is top of mind for all developers these days, so it's great to know that that's covered in a real standard way using OAuth and standard tools and mechanisms. It has the same exploration as our UI right now, which is 12 hours. That's why there is also an alternative authentication method. So once you authenticate with your username and password, you can go to Atlas config and then you can create a new profile for API keys that you can retrieve through the Atlas Commands. You can use that throughout the lifetime of your API keys.
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