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**`VAULT_TOKEN (string : "")`**

A Vault-issued service token that authenticates the CLI user to Vault.
See the [tokens concepts page](/vault/docs/concepts/tokens) for more information
on token types.

**Example**: `export VAULT_TOKEN="hvs.CvmS4c0DPTvHv5eJgXWMJg9r"`

