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The Bluemix command line interface, which is called cloud-cli, provides extra capabilities for service offerings. You can use cloud-cli to manage V2 service brokers and templates. {:shortdesc}

cloud-cli requires Java 1.7.0. You can download cloud-cli from Bluemix to use on your local system as a complement to the Bluemix user interface. {: note}

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Use the index in the following table to refer to the frequently used <CLI_name> commands:

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Use this command to log in to Bluemix.

cloud-cli login [userID] [pw]

Prerequisites: None.

Command options:

userID

The Bluemix user ID.

pw

The user's password for Bluemix.

Examples:

Log in to Bluemix with the userID Tom and password p123.

cloud-cli login Tom p123

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