{"id":22235,"date":"2024-09-24T12:04:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T10:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000283067-what-is-the-cntb-tool\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:04:59","slug":"103000283067-what-is-the-cntb-tool","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000283067-what-is-the-cntb-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the cntb Tool?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What is the cntb tool?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/contabo\/cntb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>cntb<\/u><\/a> is an open source command line interface developed by Contabo that allows you to easily manage Contabo products. This includes the S3 Object Storage. Please follow the instructions below to download and install cntb.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How do I configure the cntb tool?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To be able to use cntb with your S3 Object Storage, all you need is the following data:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>client-id<\/li>\n<li>client-secret<\/li>\n<li>api-password<\/li>\n<li>api-username<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There is no need for S3 specific credentials and you can find all this information <u><a href=\"https:\/\/my.contabo.com\/api\/details\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To configure cntb please execute this command once:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<pre dir=\"ltr\">cntb config set-credentials --oauth2-clientid=&lt;ClientId from Customer Control Panel&gt; --oauth2-client-secret=&lt;ClientSecret from Customer Control Panel&gt; --oauth2-user=&lt;API User from Customer Control Panel&gt; --oauth2-password=&lt;API Password from Customer Control Panel&gt;<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ast-load-more active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000283067-what-is-the-cntb-tool-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details&#8230;<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the cntb tool? cntb is an open source command line interface developed by Contabo that allows you to easily manage Contabo products. 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