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title: "Infisical Token"
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description: "Use the Infisical Token as one of the authentication methods."
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---
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An Infisical Token is useful for:
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- Authenticating the [Infisical CLI](/cli/overview) when there isn't an easy way to input your login credentials.
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- Granting the [Infisical SDKs](/sdks/overview) access to secrets scoped to a project and environment.
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It's also useful for CI/CD environments and integrations such as [Docker](/integrations/platforms/docker) and [Docker Compose](/integrations/platforms/docker-compose).
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To generate the the token, head over to your project settings as shown below. On creating a service token you can scope it to a path to limit the access.
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## Feeding Infisical Token to the CLI
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The Infisical CLI checks for the presence of an environment variable called `INFISICAL_TOKEN`.
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If it detects this variable in the terminal where it is being run, it will use it to authenticate and retrieve the environment variables that the token is authorized to access.
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This allows you to use the CLI in environments where you are unable to run the `infisical login` command.
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