OAuth Refresh Token OR Device Authorisation flow instead - Password replacement

[udaykor]

I would like to avoid using username/password saved as plaintext
I would like to have an authentication token instead of username or password in the yaml file on my machine.

Describe the solution you'd like
Use an Authentication token instead of username/password.

Additional context
It is not a bright idea for anyone to save passwords to local disk - especially if this password & username would give access to real servers running production services. I would like to request for authentication - OIDC/Device Authorisation Flow.

[ajmyyra]

Hi there!

Thank you for the suggestion. While this is more related to UpCloud API and not the client, we don't have a separate public issue board for that so we can let this be here. As I noted in #80, authentication is currently undergoing upgrades so this will be addressed at that point (most likely with OIDC Device Auth flow or OAuth2 Device Auth Grant, not that it makes a difference here), but the work will take some time (months, not weeks). Leaving this open as it's a bit different from 2FA in #80 but related to the same concern.