influx v1 auth create

  • influx CLI 2.0.0+
  • InfluxDB 2.0.0+
  • Updated in CLI v2.0.3

The influx v1 auth create command creates a legacy authorization with the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API.

Usage

1. influx v1 auth create [flags]

Flags

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
-d —description Token description string
-h —help Help for the create command
—hide-headers Hide the table headers (default: false) INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
—host HTTP address of InfluxDB string INFLUX_HOST
—json Output data as JSON (default: false) INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
—no-password Don’t prompt for a password (to use the token, you must set a password with influx v1 auth set-password)
-o —org Organization name (mutually exclusive with —org-id) string INFLUX_ORG
—org-id Organization ID (mutually exclusive with —org) string INFLUX_ORG_ID
—password Password to set on the authorization
—read-bucket Bucket ID to assign read permissions to stringArray
—skip-verify Skip TLS certificate verification INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t —token API token string INFLUX_TOKEN
—username (Required) Token username string
—write-bucket Bucket ID to assign write permissions to stringArray

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
Create a v1 authorization with read and write permissions
1. # Create an authorization with read and write access to bucket 00xX00o0X001
2. # but only read access to bucket 00xX00o0X002
3. influx v1 auth create \
4. --read-bucket 00xX00o0X001 \
5. --read-bucket 00xX00o0X002 \
6. --write-bucket 00xX00o0X001 \
7. --username example-user

authorization