chainctl
chainctl Chainguard Control
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Initialize a new catalog starter organization.
Initialize a new catalog starter organization.
A catalog starter organization gives a team free access to a small set of Chainguard images for evaluation. Each starter org is entitled to a limited number of images of your choice (base or application); the exact quota is shown by ‘chainctl starter status’. Other Chainguard platform features may be unavailable to starter organizations; refer to the documentation for the current scope.
This command is interactive. It will:
1. Prompt you to authenticate with a supported identity provider.
2. Register a new Chainguard identity for your email address.
3. Create a new starter organization tied to your email domain.
Once your organization exists, the Chainguard platform will automatically entitle it to choose images to be added. It should be ready within a few minutes.
Authentication requirements:
* You must use a business email address. Personal email providers (Gmail,
Yahoo, etc.) are not eligible.
* Authentication must use one of:
- Email and password; or
- Google, only if your business uses a Google Workspace account
registered to your business domain.
If this command fails and you think the organization already exists, you may follow up by running ‘chainctl starter request-access’ to request access.
chainctl starter init [flags] --api string The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
--audience string The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
--config string A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly.
--console string The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev")
--force-color Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY.
-h, --help Help for chainctl
--issuer string The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev")
--log-level string Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR")
-o, --output string Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide]
-v, --v int Set the log verbosity level.Last updated: 2026-05-04 16:59