Logging in to a management server with an OIDC registry

Logging in with an OIDC registry involves several steps, in which you obtain a temporary token and pass it to the toolkit to ensure it can communicate securely with the management server.

Attention: Logging in with an OIDC registry is supported for the developer toolkit (used with API Manager) and the Developer Portal admin toolkit, but is not supported for members of consumer organizations. If you are using IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I), review this topic for login instructions. If you want to log in using a non-OIDC registry, see Logging in to a management server.

To log in, complete the following steps:

Clear the credentials from any previous login by running the following command:
```
apic client-creds:clear
```
Clearing the credentials ensures that you do not inadvertently log in with the wrong set of credentials (for example, from a different product release or environment).
Set the credentials that you want to use now by running the following command:
```
apic client-creds:set path_to_credentials/credential.json
```
where path_to_credentials is the location of the credential.json file that you want to use. For example:
```
apic client-creds:set /Users/local_user/credential.json
```
Log in by running the following command:
```
apic login --server mgmt_endpoint_url --sso
```
where mgmt_endpoint_url is the endpoint URL. When you log in with a Cloud admin or Provider organization, specify one of the following URLs:
- platform API endpoint URL
- management API manager URL
These endpoint URLs are configured during the installation of API Connect. If you have access to the Cloud Manager user interface, you can view the configured endpoint URLs as described in Viewing platform and UI endpoints, ignoring any segments at the end of the displayed URLs. If you are not sure of the endpoint URL, ask your administrator.

CP4I: If you are using API Connect as a component of IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I), your administrator can provide the correct URL.
When the toolkit prompts for the context, type admin API Connect (administrators) or provider (everyone else):
```
Context? provider
```
The server responds with the following message:
```
Please copy and paste the url https://mgmt_endpoint_url/auth/manager/sign-in/?from=TOOLKIT to a browser to start the authentication process.
Do you want to open the url in default browser? [y/n]: y
```
Take one of the following actions:
- If you want to use your default browser to log in to API Manager, type y and press Enter.
  The API Manager sign-in page opens in a new browser tab.
- If you don't use to use your default browser, type n and press Enter.
  1. Copy the URL from the command window.
  2. Open a browser, paste the URL, and press Enter.
  The API Manager sign-in page displays.
On the API Manager sign-in page, select the OIDC registry and then log in to API Connect.
CP4I: Select the Common Services User Registry.

After you log in, API Connect displays the You are authenticated! message and provides a temporary token. Copy the token.
Return to the command window. Paste the token at the API Key? prompt and press Enter.

When the token is validated and you are successfully logged in to the toolkit, the following message displays:

Warning: Using default toolkit credentials.
Logged into mgmt_endpoint_url successfully

Note: If you see a message stating that credentials cannot be found, download new credentials as explained in Downloading the toolkit.

Logging out

To log out of a management server, use the following command:

apic logout --server mgmt_endpoint_url