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influxd recovery user create

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. InfluxDB 3 Core is the latest stable version.

The influxd recovery user create command creates a new user directly on disk for recovery purposes.

This command can only be executed when the InfluxDB server (influxd) is not running.

Usage

influxd recovery user create [flags]

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput Type
--bolt-pathPath to the BoltDB file (default ~.influxdbv2/influxd.bolt)string
-h--helpHelp for create
--passwordPassword for the new userstring
--usernameUsername of the new userstring

Examples

Create a new user directly on disk
influxd recovery user create \
  --username example-username \
  --password ExAmPL3-paS5W0rD

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