Manage API tokens

InfluxDB API tokens ensure secure interaction between InfluxDB and external tools such as clients or applications. An API token belongs to a specific user and identifies InfluxDB permissions within the user’s organization.

Learn how to create, view, update, or delete an API token.

API token types

• Operator API token
• All-Access API token
• Read/Write token

Operator token

Grants full read and write access to all resources in all organizations in InfluxDB OSS 2.x.

Operator tokens are created in the InfluxDB setup process and cannot be created manually. Because Operator tokens have full read and write access to all organizations in the database, we recommend creating an All-Access token for each organization and using those to manage InfluxDB. This helps to prevent accidental interactions across organizations.

All-Access token

Grants full read and write access to all resources in an organization.

Read/Write token

Grants read access, write access, or both to specific buckets in an organization.

Create a token

Create an API token in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI, the influx CLI, or the InfluxDB API.

View tokens

View API tokens in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI, the influx CLI, or the InfluxDB API.

Update a token

Update API tokens’ descriptions in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI.

Delete a token

Delete an API token from InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

Use tokens

Use an API token in the InfluxDB UI, the influx CLI, or the InfluxDB API.

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