influx user password
- 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 password
command updates the password for a user in InfluxDB.
Usage
influx user password [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 password command | ||
—host | HTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086 ) | string | INFLUX_HOST | |
-i | —id | User ID | string | |
-n | —name | Username | string | |
—password | Use password flag to send your password instead of typing it in | 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
Update a user password using a username
influx user password --name example-username
# Prompts for password
Update a user password using a user ID
influx user password --id 0Xx0oox00XXoxxoo1
# Prompts for password