---
title: influx auth
description: The influx auth command and its subcommands manage API tokens in InfluxDB.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/auth/
estimated_tokens: 748
product: InfluxDB OSS v2
version: v2
---

# influx auth

-   influx CLI 2.0.0+
-   InfluxDB 2.0.0+

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. [InfluxDB 3 Core](/influxdb3/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](/influxdb/v2/admin/tokens/#token-hashing).

The `influx auth` command and its subcommands manage API tokens in InfluxDB.

## Usage

```
influx auth [flags]
influx auth [command]
```

#### Command aliases

`auth`, `authorization`

## Subcommands

| Subcommand | Description |
| --- | --- |
| active | Activate API token |
| create | Create API token |
| delete | Delete API token |
| list | List API tokens |
| inactive | Inactivate API token |

## Flags

| Flag |  | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| -h | --help | Help for the auth command |

#### Related

-   [influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials](/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials)
-   [influx CLI—Flag patterns and conventions](/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/#flag-patterns-and-conventions)

[authentication](/influxdb/v2/tags/authentication/)