René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Allow login on headless systems","articleBody":"## Problem description\n\nThe CLI login command won't work at a (Linux) system without a running graphical window system. Typical examples are servers or jumphosts:\n\n```\n$ ./stackit auth login\nError: authorization failed: open browser to URL https://accounts.stackit.cloud/oauth/v2/authorize?client_id=stackit-cli-0000-0000-000000000001\u0026code_challenge=dPQm6Vpnqnu8w6u-c3ieLizxbiJI8hGIPxYo65TX3jQ\u0026code_challenge_method=S256\u0026redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8000\u0026response_type=code\u0026scope=openid+offline_access+email: exec: \"xdg-open\": executable file not found in $PATH\n```\n\nThis is frustrating, you need to have an X11 environment in order to use a CLI tool.\n\n## Proposed solution\n\nPrint a URL which a user can visit on a system with a browser where he can manually read off and manually  feed back a key back to the stackit-cli. In principle this is already how the challenge works today, as calling the URL above redirects to http://localhost:8000/?code=TheChallengeCode... but there is no way to feed back this code into the CLI.\n\nA suggested API could be: `stackit auth login-headless`  which emits the URL and waits for input.(STACKIT) Cloud Foundry, or in particular the `cf` CLI, has exactly this workflow:\n\n```\n% cf login -a https://api.system.01.cf.eu01.stackit.cloud --sso\nAPI endpoint: https://api.system.01.cf.eu01.stackit.cloud\n\nTemporary Authentication Code ( Get one at https://login.system.01.cf.eu01.stackit.cloud/passcode ): \n```\n\nYou can then visit https://login.system.01.cf.eu01.stackit.cloud/passcode and put the code there.\n\n## Alternative solutions (optional)\n\nA service account is the only way right now.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/svenk","@type":"Person","name":"svenk"},"datePublished":"2025-12-17T21:08:45.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/1190/stackit-cli/issues/1190"}