unable to login in ibm cloud from cli

Question

Authenticating...

Credentials were rejected. 

Code: BXNIM0602E, message: The credentials you entered for the user '<email>' are incorrect.

I have verified my credentials while typing it, however `ibmcloud login` is not accepting the password.

I have referred and tried this link: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-ts_logintoibm

Unable to resolve this issue

Can someone point out where I am going wrong?

Answer 1

Resolved, my login was from a federated account:

Followed this guide for it: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-federated_id&interface=cli

Answer 2

If you have access to the IBM cloud through the web, what you can do is:

1. click on your profile
2. click 'Login to CLI and API'
3. copy the command in the IBM Cloud CLI
4. Paste it in your terminal

This Worked for me

Answer 3

Seems that this is caused by MFA Setting, even if MFA is not enabled:

In the IBM Cloud Console, select Manage --> Access (IAM) --> Settings --> Authentication. In my case, in the MFA Panel, the radio button 'None' was selected and the associated checkbox 'Disable CLI logins with only a password' was checked. Unchecking this resolved this issue for me, allowing username / password login with the CLI.

Quite unintuitive that an MFA configuration disables password based login.