influxd recovery user update

influxd recovery user update

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

Use influxd recovery user update to update a password. Useful when you forget your username and need to update your credentials. To retrieve all usernames in the system, use influxd recovery user list or use influxd recovery user create to create new user for recovery purposes.

This command can only be executed when the InfluxDB server (influxd) is not running.

Usage

influxd recovery user update [flags]

Flags

Flag		Description	Input Type
	`—bolt-path`	Path to the BoltDB file (default `~.influxdbv2/influxd.bolt`)	string
`-h`	`—help`	Help for `update`
	`—id` or `username`	Enter the ID or name for an existing user	string
	`—password`	New password for the specified user	string

Examples

Update a user password

influxd recovery user update \
  --username example-username \
  --password ExAmPL3-paS5W0rD