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InfluxDB OSS v2

Manage users

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. InfluxDB 3 Core is the latest stable version.

Users are those with access to InfluxDB. To grant a user permission to access data, add them as a member of an organization and provide them with an API token.

The following articles walk through managing users.

InfluxDB 2.x/1.x compatibility

If you upgraded from 1.x to 2.7, use the influx v1 auth commands to manage authorizations for the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API.

Create a user

Create a user in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

View users

Review a list of users in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

Delete a user

Delete a user from InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

Update a user

Update a user in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

Change your password

Change your password in InfluxDB using the influx CLI.

Recover user credentials

Recover InfluxDB user credentials using the influx CLI.

users authentication

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