---
title: influx v1 auth set-password
description: The influx v1 auth set-password command sets a password for an existing authorization in the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/cloud-serverless/reference/cli/influx/v1/auth/set-password/
estimated_tokens: 1207
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/cloud-serverless/reference/cli/influx/v1/auth/set-password/
date: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00'
lastmod: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00'
---

* influx CLI 2.0.0+
* Updated in CLI v2.0.3

#### Not supported in InfluxDB Cloud

**InfluxDB Cloud** does not support InfluxDB 1.x compatible authorizations.
Using the `influx v1 auth set-password` command with InfluxDB Cloud will result in an error.
To authenticate with InfluxDB Cloud, use[InfluxDB token authentication](/influxdb3/cloud-serverless/admin/tokens/).

The `influx v1 auth set-password` command sets a password for an existing
authorization in the [InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API](/influxdb3/cloud-serverless/reference/api/influxdb-1x/).

## Usage

```
influx v1 auth set-password [flags]
```

## Flags

|Flag|                 |                              Description                               |Input type|Maps to [?](/influxdb/cloud-serverless/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`                                     |
|`-h`|    `--help`     |                  Help for the `set-password` command                   |          |                                                                                               |
|    |    `--host`     |                        HTTP address of InfluxDB                        |  string  |                                         `INFLUX_HOST`                                         |
|`-i`|     `--id`      |                            Authorization ID                            |  string  |                                                                                               |
|    |  `--password`   |                  Password to set on the authorization                  |  string  |                                                                                               |
|    | `--skip-verify` |                   Skip TLS certificate verification                    |          |                                     `INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY`                                      |
|`-t`|    `--token`    |                               API token                                |  string  |                                        `INFLUX_TOKEN`                                         |
|    |  `--username`   |                         Authorization username                         |  string  |                                       `INFLUX_USERNAME`                                       |

## Examples

#### Authentication credentials

The examples below assume your InfluxDB **host**, **organization**, and **token** are
provided by either the [active `influx` CLI configuration](/influxdb/cloud-serverless/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/cloud-serverless/reference/urls/)
* `-o, --org` or `--org-id`: InfluxDB organization name or ID
* `-t, --token`: InfluxDB API token

##### Set a password for a v1 authorization

```sh
influx v1 auth set-password \
  --id 00xX00o0X001 \
  --password ExAmPl3PA55W0rD
```

#### Related

* [influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials](/influxdb3/cloud-serverless/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials)
* [influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials](/influxdb3/cloud-serverless/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials)
| 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 |
| -h | --help | Help for the  set-password  command |  |  |
|  | --host | HTTP address of InfluxDB | string | INFLUX_HOST |
| -i | --id | Authorization ID | string |  |
|  | --password | Password to set on the authorization | string |  |
|  | --skip-verify | Skip TLS certificate verification |  | INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY |
| -t | --token | API token | string | INFLUX_TOKEN |
|  | --username | Authorization username | string | INFLUX_USERNAME |