---
title: "Reference"
---

## Commands

| Command | Description                                                          | Options                |
| ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| `login` | Used to authenticate and set the logged in user.                     |
| `init`  | Used to link a local project to the platform.                        |
| `run`   | Used to inject envars from the platform into an application process. | `--projectId`, `--env` |

## Global options

| Option            | Description                        |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `--help`, `-h`    | List help for any command          |
| `--debug`, `-d`   | Enable verbose logging             |
| `--domain`        | Use to direct Infisical to         |
| `--version`, `-v` | Print version information and quit |

### Login

Used to authenticate and set the logged in user.

Post-authentication credentials are saved securely in your system keyring. Since only one user can be logged in at a time, to change the logged in user, run the command again to overwrite the previous login.

```bash
infisical login
```

### Init

Used to link a local project to the platform (cloud or self-hosted)

Run this command at the root of your local project. You will have to run this command for each new project you create locally.

```bash
infisical init
```

### Run

Used to inject environment variables from the platform into an application process.

```bash
infisical run [options] -- [your application start command]
```

Options you can specify:

| Option        | Description                                                                                                 | Default value |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| `--env`       | Used to set the environment that secrets are pulled from. Accepted values: `dev`, `staging`, `test`, `prod` | `dev`         |
| `--projectId` | Used to link a local project to the platform (required only if injecting via the service token method)      | `None`        |