influx v1 auth set-active

  • 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 v1 auth set-active command activates an authorization in the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API. Only active authorizations grant access to InfluxDB.

Usage

  1. influx v1 auth set-active [flags]

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput typeMaps to ?
-c—active-configConfig name to use for commandstring$INFLUX_ACTIVE_CONFIG
—configs-pathPath to the influx CLI configurations (default: ~/.influxdbv2/configs)string$INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-h—helpHelp for the set-active command
—hide-headersHide the table headers (default: false)$INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
—host(Required) HTTP address of InfluxDBstring$INFLUX_HOST
-i—idAuthorization IDstring
—jsonOutput data as JSON (default: false)$INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
—skip-verifySkip TLS certificate verificationINFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t—tokenAPI tokenstring$INFLUX_TOKEN
—usernameAuthorization usernamestring$INFLUX_USERNAME

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
Activate a v1 authorization
  1. influx v1 auth set-active --id 00xX00o0X001

authorization