---
name: "glab-auth"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "glab"
version: "1.126.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/glab-auth"
---

# glab-auth(1)

Manage authentication for glab.

## NAME

glab-auth - Manage authentication for glab.

## SYNOPSIS

**glab auth  \[flags\]**

## DESCRIPTION

Manages authentication for glab against one or more GitLab instances. Use these commands to log in, log out, check your authentication status, and configure glab as a credential helper for Git and Docker.

glab can authenticate with a personal access token, an OAuth token from a web flow, or a CI job token when running in a GitLab CI/CD job.

## OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

**-h**, **--help**\[=false\]\
 	Show help for this command.

## SEE ALSO

**[glab(1)](/glab/1.md)**, **[glab-auth-configure-docker(1)](/glab-auth-configure-docker/1.md)**, **[glab-auth-docker-helper(1)](/glab-auth-docker-helper/1.md)**, **[glab-auth-dpop-gen(1)](/glab-auth-dpop-gen/1.md)**, **[glab-auth-login(1)](/glab-auth-login/1.md)**, **[glab-auth-logout(1)](/glab-auth-logout/1.md)**, **[glab-auth-status(1)](/glab-auth-status/1.md)**