Context I m setting up an API only user for analytics but th

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Context I m setting up an API only user for analytics but the instructions say If you would like to use your API user by default for automated workflows and still use `fleetctl` with your standard user account you can set up your `fleetctl` config with a new `context` to hold the credentials for your admin user using the ` context` flag I m not really understanding the purpose here I ll probably need fleetctl access at some point but what happens if I don t do this

koo · Answer

Hey Adam can you point me to the part of the docs referencing this

Kathy Satterlee · Answer

< Adam Connor> the context really just allows you to use multiple users in `fleetctl` without having to log out when switching between them If you were logged in as the API user and wanted to switch to your standard account you d just use `fleetctl` `logout` to log out of the API only user `fleetctl` `login` with the other account then repeat the process to log back in to the API only user

Kathy Satterlee · Answer

I included the steps for adding `context` because I found that a little cumbersome if you re switching users on a regular basis and it can catch you off guard if you have automated scripts and forgot to switch back to the API only user

Kathy Satterlee · Answer

So big picture nothing happens if you don t do it It s a little bit of extra setup to maybe save a little effort down the road

Adam Connor · Answer

thanks for the explanation < Kathy Satterlee> that does make sense < koo> the info is about 2 3 down this page in a section called using fleetctl with an API only user

Kathy Satterlee · Answer

Any time

koo · Answer

Thanks < Adam Connor>