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I'm trying to run prefect from docker, but can't get the token through. Somehow I'm getting: `prefect.utilities.exceptions.ClientError: Malformed response received from Cloud - please ensure that you have an API token properly configured.` Anyone?

Hi <@U01AVU9V3QE> what exactly do you mean running prefect from docker? And are you attempting to use server or Cloud?

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Oh - I see I wasn't very specific.

I'm using cloud. Running an agent from docker.

Here is the pythonfile + dockerfile + compose.
When I run py <script> the agent starts finde.

Running it from docker leads to the error in the last screenshot.

What type of token are you giving the agent? <https://docs.prefect.io/orchestration/concepts/tokens.html#token-types>

I’m sure the actual token is blurred out but just to confirm in your docker compose where you have the auth token it looks like:
```PREFECT__CLOUD__AGENT__AUTH_TOKEN=&lt;token&gt;```

running on azure container services with a different token - same error

Oh it looks like the error is occurring when you’re trying to call .register? On that machine where you are registering you should either call `prefect auth login -t &lt;user token&gt;` or set the env var
```PREFECT__CLOUD__AUTH_TOKEN```


That helped a little :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:
Now i'm getting
```prefect.utilities.exceptions.ClientError: [{'path': ['project'], 'message': 'field "project" not found in type: \'query_root\'', 'extensions': {'path': '$.selectionSet.project', 'code': 'validation-failed', 'exception': {'message': 'field "project" not found in type: \'query_root\''}}}]```


No debugging in the container. Still seems to have to do with authorization. The client in non-docker has a `__access__token`; the one in docker not.

<https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/issues/3384>