# ZOWE CLI certificate based login from VS Code

**URL:** <https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/zowe-cli-certificate-based-login-from-vs-code/7291>\
**Category:** Zowe\
**Created:** [August 21, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/zowe-cli-certificate-based-login-from-vs-code/7291 "2023-08-21T06:14:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shameem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Shameem](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/Shameem)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/zowe-cli-certificate-based-login-from-vs-code/7291/1 "2023-08-21T06:14:16Z")

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Can zowe CLI from VSCode using zOSMF profiles login to MF using certificate (without ZOWE host component)?.

The z/OS urls can already sign-in using the certificate store in the Chrome. Meaning for [https://zosmf-host-dns:32208/zosmf/](https://zosmf-host-dns:32208/zosmf/) login i don’t need to enter any userid/pass. it will automatically login using my windows userid (same as my MF userid) and certificate in Chrome certstore which are also present in my RACF Keyring.

on ZOWE CLI team config (zowe.config.json), i have  
“R-Plex1”: {  
“properties”: {  
“host”: “zosmf-host-dns”  
},  
“profiles”: {  
“zosmf”: {  
“type”: “zosmf”,  
“properties”: {  
“port”: 32208  
},  
“secure”:   
}  
}  
},

as i mentioned earlier, we don’t have ZOWE host component, just using z/OS MF REST API points.

Thanks  
Shameem