influx v1 auth create

influx v1 auth create

influx CLI 2.0.0+
InfluxDB 2.0.0+
Updated in CLI v2.0.3

The influx v1 auth create command creates a legacy authorization with the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API.

Usage

influx v1 auth create [flags]

Flags

Flag		Description	Input type	Maps to ?
`-c`	`—active-config`	Config name to use for command	string	`INFLUX_ACTIVE_CONFIG`
	`—configs-path`	Path to the influx CLI configurations (default: `~/.influxdbv2/configs`)	string	`INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH`
`-d`	`—description`	Token description	string
`-h`	`—help`	Help for the `create` command
	`—hide-headers`	Hide the table headers (default: `false`)		`INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS`
	`—host`	HTTP address of InfluxDB	string	`INFLUX_HOST`
	`—json`	Output data as JSON (default: `false`)		`INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON`
	`—no-password`	Don’t prompt for a password (to use the token, you must set a password with `influx v1 auth set-password`)
`-o`	`—org`	Organization name (mutually exclusive with `—org-id`)	string	`INFLUX_ORG`
	`—org-id`	Organization ID (mutually exclusive with `—org`)	string	`INFLUX_ORG_ID`
	`—password`	Password to set on the authorization
	`—read-bucket`	Bucket ID to assign read permissions to	stringArray
	`—skip-verify`	Skip TLS certificate verification		`INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY`
`-t`	`—token`	API token	string	`INFLUX_TOKEN`
	`—username`	(Required) Token username	string
	`—write-bucket`	Bucket ID to assign write permissions to	stringArray

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 v1 authorization with read and write permissions

# Create an authorization with read and write access to bucket 00xX00o0X001
# but only read access to bucket 00xX00o0X002
influx v1 auth create \
  --read-bucket 00xX00o0X001 \
  --read-bucket 00xX00o0X002 \
  --write-bucket 00xX00o0X001 \
  --username example-user

authorization

influx v1 auth create

influx v1 auth create

Usage

Flags

Examples

Authentication credentials

Create a v1 authorization with read and write permissions

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