---
title: influx config set
description: The influx config set command updates an InfluxDB connection configuration.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/config/set/
estimated_tokens: 1527
product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/config/set/
date: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00'
lastmod: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00'
---

* influx CLI 2.0.0+

The `influx config set` command updates information in an InfluxDB connection
configuration in the `configs` file (by default, stored at `~/.influxdbv2/configs`).

## Usage

```
influx config set [flags]
```

#### Command aliases

`set` , `update`

## Flags

|Flag|                     |                                                                                                                         Description                                                                                                                          |Input type|Maps to [?](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#view-mapped-environment-variables)|
|----|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|`-a`|     `--active`      |                                                                                                            Set the specified connection to active                                                                                                            |          |                                                                                    |
|`-n`|   `--config-name`   |                                                                                               Name for the InfluxDB connection configuration to set or update                                                                                                |  string  |                                                                                    |
|`-h`|      `--help`       |                                                                                                                  Help for the `set` command                                                                                                                  |          |                                                                                    |
|    |  `--hide-headers`   |                                                                                                             Hide table headers (default `false`)                                                                                                             |          |                               `INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS`                                |
|`-u`|    `--host-url`     |                                                                                                  URL for InfluxDB connection configuration to set or update                                                                                                  |  string  |                                                                                    |
|    |      `--json`       |                                                                                                            Output data as JSON (default `false`)                                                                                                             |          |                                `INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON`                                |
|`-o`|       `--org`       |                                                                                                      Organization name for the connection configuration                                                                                                      |  string  |                                                                                    |
|`-t`|      `--token`      |                                                                                                                          API token                                                                                                                           |  string  |                                   `INFLUX_TOKEN`                                   |
|`-p`|`--username-password`|**(OSS only)** Username (and optionally password) to use for authentication.  <br/>Include `username:password` to ensure a session is automatically authenticated. Include `username` (without password) to prompt for a password before creating the session.|  string  |                                                                                    |

## Examples

##### Update a connection configuration and set it to active

```sh
influx config set --active \
  -n config-name \
  -t mySuP3rS3cr3tT0keN \
  -o example-org
```

##### Update a connection configuration and do not set it to active

```sh
influx config set \
  -n config-name \
  -t mySuP3rS3cr3tT0keN \
  -o example-org
```

#### Related

* [influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials)
* [influx CLI—Flag patterns and conventions](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#flag-patterns-and-conventions)
| Flag |  | Description | Input type | Maps to  ? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flag |  | Description | Input type | Maps to  ? |
| -a | --active | Set the specified connection to active |  |  |
| -n | --config-name | Name for the InfluxDB connection configuration to set or update | string |  |
| -h | --help | Help for the  set  command |  |  |
|  | --hide-headers | Hide table headers (default  false ) |  | INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS |
| -u | --host-url | URL for InfluxDB connection configuration to set or update | string |  |
|  | --json | Output data as JSON (default  false ) |  | INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON |
| -o | --org | Organization name for the connection configuration | string |  |
| -t | --token | API token | string | INFLUX_TOKEN |
| -p | --username-password | (OSS only)  Username (and optionally password) to use for authentication. Include  username:password  to ensure a session is automatically authenticated. Include  username  (without password) to prompt for a password before creating the session. | string |  |