Logging into DSim Cloud

Synopsis

If this is your first time using DSim Cloud, you'll need to log in to it first.

Once you have logged in, DSim Cloud remembers you have logged in to your machine for 30 days.

Logging In

1. Open your terminal and run mdc auth login

2. After entering the above command, there will be a message printed to the terminal window asking you to use the web browser to continue.

3. A browser window will open with a dialog that looks very similar to the following:

4. Enter the email address and password you signed up with and you will be authenticated to Metrics, which will allow you to use the DSim Cloud CLI (mdc) to create and manage your interactive workspace.

5. Once authentication is successful, there will be a message printed to the terminal indicating that authentication was successful.

Automation Token

An automation token can be used to authenticate with the DSim Cloud CLI (mdc) for automating Cloud Jobs flows.

All mdc commands that require authentication can use this automation token, thereby allowing you to use DSim Cloud without manually logging in.

To obtain an automation token:

1. Log in to your DSim Cloud Portal.

2. Click the Profile icon, then Automation Tokens.

3. Under the Automation Tokens tab, read the information. Then click Generate.

4. Copy the generated automation token into an environment variable called MDC_AUTOMATION_TOKEN.