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# pulumi login

> Log in to the Pulumi cloud.
> More information: <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_login/>.

- Log in to the managed Pulumi Cloud backend, defaults to `app.pulumi.cloud`:

`pulumi login`

- Log in to a self-hosted Pulumi Cloud backend on a specified URL:

`pulumi login {{url}}`

- Use Pulumi locally, independent of a Pulumi Cloud:

`pulumi login {{-l|--local}}`