--- title: influx config set description: The influx config set command updates an InfluxDB connection configuration. url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/config/set/ estimated_tokens: 1671 product: InfluxDB OSS v2 version: v2 publisher: InfluxData canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/config/set/ date: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00' lastmod: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00' --- * influx CLI 2.0.0+ * InfluxDB 2.0.0+ * Updated in CLI 2.5.0 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 config set` command updates information in an InfluxDB connection configuration in the `configs` file (by default, stored at `~/.influxdbv2/configs`). ## Usage ``` influx config set [flags] ``` #### Command aliases `set` , `update` ## Flags |Flag| | Description |Input type|Maps to [?](/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/#view-mapped-environment-variables)| |----|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |`-a`| `--active` | Set the specified connection to active | | | |`-n`| `--config-name` | Name for the InfluxDB connection configuration to set or update | string | | |`-h`| `--help` | Help for the `set` command | | | | | `--hide-headers` | Hide table headers (default `false`) | | `INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS` | |`-u`| `--host-url` | URL for InfluxDB connection configuration to set or update | string | | | | `--json` | Output data as JSON (default `false`) | | `INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON` | |`-o`| `--org` | Organization name for the connection configuration | string | | |`-t`| `--token` | API token | string | `INFLUX_TOKEN` | |`-p`|`--username-password`|**(OSS only)** Username (and optionally password) to use for authentication.
Include `username:password` to ensure a session is automatically authenticated. Include `username` (without password) to prompt for a password before creating the session.| string | | ## Examples ##### Update a connection configuration and set it to active ```sh influx config set --active \ -n config-name \ -t mySuP3rS3cr3tT0keN \ -o example-org ``` ##### Update a connection configuration and do not set it to active ```sh influx config set \ -n config-name \ -t mySuP3rS3cr3tT0keN \ -o example-org ``` #### 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) | Flag | | Description | Input type | Maps to ? | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Flag | | Description | Input type | Maps to ? | | -a | --active | Set the specified connection to active | | | | -n | --config-name | Name for the InfluxDB connection configuration to set or update | string | | | -h | --help | Help for the set command | | | | | --hide-headers | Hide table headers (default false ) | | INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS | | -u | --host-url | URL for InfluxDB connection configuration to set or update | string | | | | --json | Output data as JSON (default false ) | | INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON | | -o | --org | Organization name for the connection configuration | string | | | -t | --token | API token | string | INFLUX_TOKEN | | -p | --username-password | (OSS only) Username (and optionally password) to use for authentication. Include username:password to ensure a session is automatically authenticated. Include username (without password) to prompt for a password before creating the session. | string | |