Manage users
This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. InfluxDB 3 Core is the latest stable version.
API token hashing is enabled by default in InfluxDB OSS 2.9.0
Stronger token security: tokens are stored as hashes on disk, so a copy of the database file doesn’t expose usable tokens. Existing tokens are hashed on first startup and the original strings can’t be recovered afterward — capture any plaintext tokens you still need before you upgrade.
For more information, see Token hashing.
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 2.9,
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.
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