Configure Snyk CLI to connect to Snyk API

Configure the Snyk platform URL

By default, the Snyk CLI connects to https://api.snyk.io/. You can use the following variables to configure your connection.

SNYK_API

Specifying this variable sets the API host that will be used for Snyk requests. This is useful for regional hosting, on-premise instances, or when you are using a proxy server. If this variable is set with the http protocol, the CLI upgrades the requests to https unless SNYK_HTTP_PROTOCOL_UPGRADE is set to 0.

SNYK_HTTP_PROTOCOL_UPGRADE=0

If you set this variable to the value of 0, API and CLI requests aimed at http URLs are not upgraded to https. If the protocol is not set, the default behavior is to upgrade these requests from http to https. Setting this variable is useful, for example, for reverse proxies.

Configure CLI Analytics

Learn more in the Snyk CLI analytics documentation.

SNYK_DISABLE_ANALYTICS=1

Specifying this variable disables all Snyk CLI analytics.

Configure the authentication method used to log in to the Snyk platform

SNYK_TOKEN

Specifying this variable allows you to override the token that may be available in your Snyk configuration settings (~/.config/configstore/snyk.json). Use SNYK_TOKEN in a CI/CD environment. After setting SNYK_TOKEN you can get started using the CLI.

For information on how to get your account token see Authenticate the CLI with your account. You can also use a service account to authenticate; for more information see Service accounts. For additional information, see Authentication for third-party tools.

SNYK_OAUTH_TOKEN=<OAuth token>

Using this variable specifies the OAuth token if required for verification.