---
title: influx setup
description: The influx setup command walks through the initial InfluxDB OSS setup process, creating a default user, organization, and bucket.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/setup/
estimated_tokens: 1776
product: InfluxDB OSS v2
version: v2
---

# influx setup

-   influx CLI 2.0.0+
-   InfluxDB 2.0.0+
-   Updated in CLI v2.0.3

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 setup` command walks through the initial InfluxDB OSS setup process, creating a default user, organization, and bucket.

The **Operator token** created in the InfluxDB setup process has full read and write access to all organizations in the database.

## Usage

```
influx setup [flags]
```

## Flags

| Flag |  | Description | Data type | Maps to ? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| -c | --active-config | CLI configuration to use for command | string |  |
| -b | --bucket | Primary bucket name | string |  |
|  | --configs-path | Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs) | string | INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH |
| -f | --force | Skip confirmation prompt |  |  |
| -h | --help | Help for the setup command |  |  |
|  | --host | HTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086) | string | INFLUX_HOST |
|  | --http-debug | Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers. | string |  |
| -o | --org | Primary organization name | string |  |
| -p | --password | Password for primary user | string |  |
| -r | --retention | Duration bucket will retain data (0 is infinite, default is 0) | duration |  |
|  | --skip-verify | Skip TLS certificate verification |  | INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY |
| -t | --token | Token for admin user (auto-generated by default) | string | INFLUX_TOKEN |
| -u | --username | Primary username | string |  |

Valid `--retention` units are nanoseconds (`ns`), microseconds (`us` or `µs`), milliseconds (`ms`), seconds (`s`), minutes (`m`), hours (`h`), days (`d`), and weeks (`w`).

## Examples

##### Set up InfluxDB interactively with prompts for required information

```sh
influx setup
```

##### Set up InfluxDB with all required information and skip confirmation

```sh
influx setup \
  --org example-org \
  --bucket example-bucket \
  --username example-user \
  --password ExAmPl3PA55W0rD \
  --force  
```

#### 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)

[get-started](/influxdb/v2/tags/get-started/)