influx user password
- influx CLI 2.0.0+
- InfluxDB 2.0.0+
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