# 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 <https://api.pulumi.com>:

`pulumi login`

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

`pulumi login {{url}}`

- Use Pulumi locally, independent of a cloud backend:

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

- Display help:

`pulumi login {{[-h|--help]}}`
