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Use tokens

Use tokens to authenticate requests to InfluxDB, including requests to write, query, and manage data and resources. Authenticate requests using the influx CLI, API requests made with client libraries, and tools like cURL.

Add a token to a CLI request

influx write \
  --token API_TOKEN \
  # ...

Use environment variables

The influx CLI automatically uses the INFLUX_TOKEN variable when defined in the current session.

Use CLI configurations

Create influx CLI connection configurations to automatically add your token and other required credentials to each CLI command execution.


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The future of Flux

Flux is going into maintenance mode. You can continue using it as you currently are without any changes to your code.

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New in InfluxDB 3.4

Key enhancements in InfluxDB 3.4 and the InfluxDB 3 Explorer 1.2.

See the Blog Post

InfluxDB 3.4 is now available for both Core and Enterprise, which introduces offline token generation for use in automated deployments and configurable license type selection that lets you bypass the interactive license prompt. InfluxDB 3 Explorer 1.2 is also available, which includes InfluxDB cache management and other new features.

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