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greysave
New Contributor
1 year ago

Linux 1password CLI annot connect to the desktop app

The server is running Ubuntu 22.04 and I get the following error: op vault list [ERROR] 2024/04/05 09:54:38 connecting to desktop app: cannot connect to 1Password app, make sure it is running ...
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Michael_Mercuri
Dedicated Contributor
15 days ago

So... after reading this suggestion in other similar posts I tried setting the environment variable:

OP_LOAD_DESKTOP_APP_SETTINGS=true

Now this is working. Why? What does this do? I found no reference to it in 1Password CLI documentation:

https://developer.1password.com/docs/cli/environment-variables/