influx user create

influx user create

influx CLI 2.0.0+
InfluxDB 2.0.0+

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB. InfluxDB v2.7 is the latest stable version. View this page in the v2.7 documentation.

The influx user create command creates a user in InfluxDB.

Usage

influx user create [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 `create` command
	`—hide-headers`	Hide table headers (default `false`)		`INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS`
	`—host`	HTTP address of InfluxDB (default `http://localhost:8086`)	string	`INFLUX_HOST`
	`—json`	Output data as JSON (default `false`)		`INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON`
`-n`	`—name`	(Required) Username	string	`INFLUX_NAME`
`-o`	`—org`	Organization name (mutually exclusive with `—org-id`)	string	`INFLUX_ORG`
	`—org-id`	Organization ID (mutually exclusive with `—org`)	string	`INFLUX_ORG_ID`
`-p`	`—password`	User password	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

Create a user

influx user create \
  --name example-username \
  --password ExAmPl3PA55W0rD

influx user create

influx user create

Usage

Flags

Examples

Authentication credentials

Create a user

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