Fauna CLI v4.0 | not able so sign in on WSL

[Mike]

I’m using WSL and with the new login flow in the CLI v4.0 the callback from Fauna is not routed back to WSL

[ptpaterson]

Hi @Mike! Thanks for reporting this. I can confirm. I’ve created a GitHub issue to track this. Please feel free to report any other issues in GitHub as well.

`fauna login` does not work with WSL

[ptpaterson]

Hi @Mike. We updated the command to have a redirect option. using --redirect false or --no-redirect should enable login with WSL by avoiding using a web browser and localhost server. Fauna CLI v4 - Fauna Docs

By default, fauna login runs and redirects to a local HTTP callback server at 127.0.0.1 to receive an authentication code from Fauna.

This approach may not work in environments where opening a browser isn’t possible or environments with an isolated network stack, such as Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) or other virtualized environments.

In these cases, use --no-redirect to manually generate and provide an authentication code without redirects and a local callback server.

[Mike]

That worked - thanks a lot.

As a feedback: GitHub as example has implemented for their WSL CLI a mechanism that allows to sign in via callback which has an amazing DX (like running fauna login and it works just fine in WSL). So I assume they found a way to tunnel/proxy the request somehow. Given you want to improve the DX in the future, maybe that information helps you