-bc. ### Pasting the following lines at a shell prompt will allow Arvados SDKs
-### to authenticate to your account, youraddress@example.com
-read ARVADOS_API_TOKEN <<EOF
-2jv9kd1o39t0pcfu7aueem7a1zjxhak73w90tzq3gx0es7j1ld
-EOF
-export ARVADOS_API_TOKEN ARVADOS_API_HOST=qr1hi.arvadosapi.com
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>$ <span class="userinput">export ARVADOS_API_HOST={{ site.arvados_api_host }}</span>
+$ <span class="userinput">export ARVADOS_API_TOKEN=2jv9346o3966345u7ueuim7a1zaaoueo3w90tzq3gx0es7j1ld</span>
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
+* @ARVADOS_API_HOST@ tells @arv@ which host to connect to.
+* @ARVADOS_API_TOKEN@ is the secret key used by the Arvados API server to authenticate access. Its value is the text you copied from the *api_token* column on the Workbench.
+
+If you are connecting to a development instance with a unverified/self-signed SSL certificate, set this variable to skip SSL validation:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>$ <span class="userinput">export ARVADOS_API_HOST_INSECURE=1
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
+h2. settings.conf
+
+Arvados tools will also look for the authentication information in @~/.config/arvados/settings.conf@. If you have already put the variables into the environment following the instructions above, you can use these commands to create an Arvados configuration file: