Authentication

Both studio ui and studio run use the same authentication tokens for a database backend. The tokens are valid for one hour, but if Studio is running, it renews the tokens automatically.

Note that refresh tokens do not expire; this means you can use these tokens on multiple machines, e.g. when you want to use a Google account authentication on a remote server but don’t want to open extra ports. Simply copy the contents of ~/.studioml/keys folder to the desired machine.

Currently, Studio supports 2 methods of authentication: email & password and using a Google account. To use studio run and studio ui in guest mode, in studio/default_config.yaml, uncomment “guest: true” under the database section.

Alternatively, you can set up your own database and configure Studio to use it. See setting up database. This is the preferred option if you want to keep your models and artifacts private.

Email / password authentication

If you have an email & password account set up, you can use this method. In default\_config.yaml, uncomment “use_email_auth: true” under the database section. If the token is not found or expired when you run studio ui / studio run, you will be asked for your email and password for authentication. Note that the password is NOT stored on your computer (but tokens are), so you will be asked for your password after an hour of inactivity.

Google account authentication

If you don’t have an email & password account set up, don’t despair! Any user with a Google account can use Studio as a first-class citizen. If a token is not found when you run studio, the Web UI will redirect you to the Google account authentication app where you will be issued a new authentication token.