Explanation The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure CLI configuration file can contain several profiles. and you can create multiple profiles with different values, then you can specify which profile to load. Example Configuration [DEFAULT] user=ocid1.user.oc1..<unique_ID> fingerprint=<your_fingerprint> key_file=~/.oci/oci_api_key.pem tenancy=ocid1.tenancy.oc1..<unique_ID> region=us-ashburn-1 [ADMIN_USER] user=ocid1.user.oc1..<unique_ID> fingerprint=<your_fingerprint> key_file=keys/admin_key.pem pass_phrase=<your_passphrase> https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/API/Concepts/sdkconfig.htm The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure CLI supports the use of environment variables to specify default values for some options and allows you to set environment variables to provide certain information. but the CLI requires a configuration file, See CLI Environment Variables for more information.