--- title: influx v1 auth create description: The influx v1 auth create command creates an authorization in the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API. url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/v1/auth/create/ estimated_tokens: 1941 product: InfluxDB OSS v2 version: v2 publisher: InfluxData canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/v1/auth/create/ 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 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 v1 auth create` command creates a legacy authorization with the[InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API](/influxdb/v2/reference/api/influxdb-1x/). ## Usage ``` influx v1 auth create [flags] ``` ## Flags |Flag| | Description |Input type |Maps to [?](/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/#view-mapped-environment-variables)| |----|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |`-c`|`--active-config`| Config name to use for command | string | `INFLUX_ACTIVE_CONFIG` | | |`--configs-path` | Path to the influx CLI configurations (default: `~/.influxdbv2/configs`) | string | `INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH` | |`-d`| `--description` | Token description | string | | |`-h`| `--help` | Help for the `create` command | | | | |`--hide-headers` | Hide the table headers (default: `false`) | | `INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS` | | | `--host` | HTTP address of InfluxDB | string | `INFLUX_HOST` | | | `--json` | Output data as JSON (default: `false`) | | `INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON` | | | `--no-password` |Don’t prompt for a password (to use the token, you must set a password with `influx v1 auth set-password`)| | | |`-o`| `--org` | Organization name (mutually exclusive with `--org-id`) | string | `INFLUX_ORG` | | | `--org-id` | Organization ID (mutually exclusive with `--org`) | string | `INFLUX_ORG_ID` | | | `--password` | Password to set on the authorization | | | | | `--read-bucket` | Bucket ID to assign read permissions to |stringArray| | | | `--skip-verify` | Skip TLS certificate verification | | `INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY` | |`-t`| `--token` | API token | string | `INFLUX_TOKEN` | | | `--username` | (Required) Token username | string | | | |`--write-bucket` | Bucket ID to assign write permissions to |stringArray| | ## Examples #### Authentication credentials The examples below assume your InfluxDB **host**, **organization**, and **token** are provided by either the [active `influx` CLI configuration](/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials) or by environment variables (`INFLUX_HOST`, `INFLUX_ORG`, and `INFLUX_TOKEN`). If you do not have a CLI configuration set up or the environment variables set, include these required credentials for each command with the following flags: * `--host`: [InfluxDB host](/influxdb/v2/reference/urls/) * `-o, --org` or `--org-id`: InfluxDB organization name or ID * `-t, --token`: InfluxDB API token ##### Create a v1 authorization with read and write permissions ```sh # Create an authorization with read and write access to bucket 00xX00o0X001 # but only read access to bucket 00xX00o0X002 influx v1 auth create \ --read-bucket 00xX00o0X001 \ --read-bucket 00xX00o0X002 \ --write-bucket 00xX00o0X001 \ --username example-user ``` #### Related * [Upgrade from InfluxDB 1.x to 2.9](/influxdb/v2/install/upgrade/v1-to-v2/) * [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) [authorization](/influxdb/v2/tags/authorization/) | Flag | | Description | Input type | Maps to ? | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Flag | | Description | Input type | Maps to ? | | -c | --active-config | Config name to use for command | string | INFLUX_ACTIVE_CONFIG | | | --configs-path | Path to the influx CLI configurations (default: ~/.influxdbv2/configs ) | string | INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH | | -d | --description | Token description | string | | | -h | --help | Help for the create command | | | | | --hide-headers | Hide the table headers (default: false ) | | INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS | | | --host | HTTP address of InfluxDB | string | INFLUX_HOST | | | --json | Output data as JSON (default: false ) | | INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON | | | --no-password | Don’t prompt for a password (to use the token, you must set a password with influx v1 auth set-password ) | | | | -o | --org | Organization name (mutually exclusive with --org-id ) | string | INFLUX_ORG | | | --org-id | Organization ID (mutually exclusive with --org ) | string | INFLUX_ORG_ID | | | --password | Password to set on the authorization | | | | | --read-bucket | Bucket ID to assign read permissions to | stringArray | | | | --skip-verify | Skip TLS certificate verification | | INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY | | -t | --token | API token | string | INFLUX_TOKEN | | | --username | ( Required ) Token username | string | | | | --write-bucket | Bucket ID to assign write permissions to | stringArray | |