Set Balena CLI API URL through an environment variable

openBalena
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I am attempting to use the Balena CLI in a shell script to preload an image with the latest release, however I am unable to login to my openBalena instance because the CLI is attempting to use the regular Balena cloud API servers. Is there an environment variable I can set before running the CLI to point it to my own openBalena API URL before running balena login --token <mytoken>?

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Yes, I believe the environment variable would be BALENARC_BALENA_URL:

export BALENARC_BALENA_URL="mydomain.com"
balena login --token <mytoken>

The openBalena getting started guide mentions an alternative: setting the URL in the ~/.balenarc.yml file (the guide actually uses the old “resin” name):

$ cat $HOME/.balenarc.yml
balenaUrl: 'mydomain.com'

Between the rc file and the env var, you should be able to get it working. Otherwise let us know!

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That worked! Thanks, somebody should probably update the documentation to match.