---
title: influx v1 auth
description: The influx v1 auth subcommands provide authorization management for the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/v1/auth/
estimated_tokens: 994
product: InfluxDB OSS v2
version: v2
---

# influx v1 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 v1 auth` subcommands provide authorization management for the [InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API](/influxdb/v2/reference/api/influxdb-1x/).

InfluxDB 2.9 uses [API tokens](/influxdb/v2/admin/tokens/) to authorize API requests. The [1.x compatibility API](/influxdb/v2/reference/api/influxdb-1x/) lets clients authenticate with InfluxDB 2.9 using the InfluxDB 1.x convention of username and password.

v1-compatible authorizations are separate from the credentials used to log into the InfluxDB user interface.

## Usage

```
influx v1 auth [flags]
influx v1 auth [command]
```

#### Command aliases

`auth`, `authorization`

## Commands

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| create | Create authorization |
| delete | Delete authorization |
| list | List authorizations |
| set-active | Activate an authorization |
| set-inactive | Deactivate an authorization |
| set-password | Set a password for an existing authorization |

## Flags

| Flag |  | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| -h | --help | Help for the v1 auth command |

#### 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/)