---
title: influx user create
description: The influx user create command creates a user in InfluxDB OSS.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/user/create/
estimated_tokens: 1540
product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
---

# influx user create

-   influx CLI 2.0.0+
-   InfluxDB OSS only

#### Works with InfluxDB OSS 2.x

The `influx user create` command creates users in **InfluxDB OSS 2.x**,  
but does not create users in **InfluxDB Cloud**.  
For information about inviting users into your InfluxDB Cloud organization, see  
[Manage users](/influxdb/cloud/admin/organizations/users/).

The `influx user create` command creates a user in InfluxDB.

## Usage

```
influx user create [flags]
```

## Flags

| Flag |  | Description | Input type | Maps to ? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| -c | --active-config | CLI configuration to use for command | string |  |
|  | --configs-path | Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs) | string | INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH |
| -h | --help | Help for the create command |  |  |
|  | --hide-headers | Hide table headers (default false) |  | INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS |
|  | --host | HTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086) | string | INFLUX_HOST |
|  | --json | Output data as JSON (default false) |  | INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON |
| -n | --name | (Required) Username | string | INFLUX_NAME |
| -o | --org | Organization name (mutually exclusive with --org-id) | string | INFLUX_ORG |
|  | --org-id | Organization ID (mutually exclusive with --org) | string | INFLUX_ORG_ID |
| -p | --password | User password | string |  |
|  | --skip-verify | Skip TLS certificate verification |  | INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY |
| -t | --token | API token | string | INFLUX_TOKEN |

## Examples

#### Authentication credentials

The examples below assume your InfluxDB **host**, **organization**, and **token** are provided by either the [active `influx` CLI configuration](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials) or by environment variables (`INFLUX_HOST`, `INFLUX_ORG`, and `INFLUX_TOKEN`). If you do not have a CLI configuration set up or the environment variables set, include these required credentials for each command with the following flags:

-   `--host`: [InfluxDB host](/influxdb/cloud/reference/urls/)
-   `-o, --org` or `--org-id`: InfluxDB organization name or ID
-   `-t, --token`: InfluxDB API token

##### Create a user

```sh
influx user create \
  --name example-username \
  --password ExAmPl3PA55W0rD
```

#### 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)