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influx v1 auth create

Not supported in InfluxDB Cloud Serverless

InfluxDB Cloud (TSM) does not support InfluxDB 1.x compatible authorizations. Using the influx v1 auth create command with InfluxDB Cloud will result in an error. To authenticate with InfluxDB Cloud, use InfluxDB token authentication.

The influx v1 auth create command creates a legacy authorization with the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API.

Usage

influx v1 auth create [flags]

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput typeMaps to ?
-c--active-configConfig name to use for commandstringINFLUX_ACTIVE_CONFIG
--configs-pathPath to the influx CLI configurations (default: ~/.influxdbv2/configs)stringINFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-d--descriptionToken descriptionstring
-h--helpHelp for the create command
--hide-headersHide the table headers (default: false)INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
--hostHTTP address of InfluxDBstringINFLUX_HOST
--jsonOutput data as JSON (default: false)INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
--no-passwordDon’t prompt for a password (to use the token, you must set a password with influx v1 auth set-password)
-o--orgOrganization name (mutually exclusive with --org-id)stringINFLUX_ORG
--org-idOrganization ID (mutually exclusive with --org)stringINFLUX_ORG_ID
--passwordPassword to set on the authorization
--read-bucketBucket ID to assign read permissions tostringArray
--skip-verifySkip TLS certificate verificationINFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t--tokenAPI tokenstringINFLUX_TOKEN
--username(Required) Token usernamestring
--write-bucketBucket ID to assign write permissions tostringArray

Examples

Authentication credentials

The examples below assume your InfluxDB host, organization, and token are provided by either the active influx CLI configuration 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
  • -o, --org or --org-id: InfluxDB organization name or ID
  • -t, --token: InfluxDB API token
Create a v1 authorization with read and write permissions
# Create an authorization with read and write access to bucket 00xX00o0X001
# but only read access to bucket 00xX00o0X002
influx v1 auth create \
  --read-bucket 00xX00o0X001 \
  --read-bucket 00xX00o0X002 \
  --write-bucket 00xX00o0X001 \
  --username example-user

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