influx user password

  • influx CLI 2.0.0+
  • InfluxDB 2.0.0+

The influx user password command updates the password for a user in InfluxDB.

Usage

1. influx user password [flags]

Flags

Flag Description Input type Maps to ?
-c —active-config CLI configuration to use for command string
—configs-path Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs) string INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-h —help Help for the password command
—host HTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086) string INFLUX_HOST
-i —id User ID string
-n —name Username string
—password Use password flag to send your password instead of typing it in string
—skip-verify Skip TLS certificate verification INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t —token API token string INFLUX_TOKEN

Examples

Authentication credentials

The examples below assume your InfluxDB host, organization, and token are provided by either the active influx CLI configuration 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
  • -o, --org or --org-id: InfluxDB organization name or ID
  • -t, --token: InfluxDB API token
Update a user password using a username
1. influx user password --name example-username
2. # Prompts for password
Update a user password using a user ID
1. influx user password --id 0Xx0oox00XXoxxoo1
2. # Prompts for password