Manage API tokens

InfluxDB API tokens ensure secure interaction between InfluxDB and external tools such as clients or applications. An API token belongs to a specific user and identifies InfluxDB permissions within the user’s organization.

Learn how to create, view, update, or delete an API token.

API token types

• Operator API token
• All-Access API token
• Read/Write token

Operator token

Grants full read and write access to all organizations and all organization resources in InfluxDB OSS 2.x. Some operations, e.g. retrieving the server configuration, require operator permissions. Operator tokens are created in the InfluxDB setup process. To create an operator token manually with the InfluxDB UI, api/v2 API, or influx CLI after the setup process is completed, you must use an existing Operator token.

To create a new Operator token without using an existing one, see how to use the influxd recovery auth CLI.

All-Access token

Grants full read and write access to all resources in an organization.

Read/Write token

Grants read access, write access, or both to specific buckets in an organization.