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influx auth create

The influx auth create command creates an API token in InfluxDB.

Usage

influx auth create [flags]

Flags

Flag Description Input type Maps to ?
-c --active-config CLI configuration to use for command string
--all-access Grants all permissions in a single organization
--configs-path Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs) string INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-d --description API token description string
-h --help Help for the create command
--hide-headers Hide table headers (default false) INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
--host HTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086) string INFLUX_HOST
--http-debug Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers string
--json Output data as JSON (default false) INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
--operator (InfluxDB OSS only) Grants all permissions in all organizations string
-o --org Organization name (mutually exclusive with --org-id) string INFLUX_ORG
--org-id Organization ID (mutually exclusive with --org) string INFLUX_ORG_ID
--read-bucket Grant permission to read a specified bucket ID stringArray
--read-buckets Grant permission to read all organization buckets
--read-checks Grant permission to read checks
--read-dashboards Grant permission to read dashboards
--read-dbrps Grant permission to read database retention policy mappings
--read-notificationEndpoints Grant permission to read notificationEndpoints
--read-notificationRules Grant permission to read notificationRules
--read-orgs Grant permission to read organizations
--read-tasks Grant permission to read tasks
--read-telegrafs Grant permission to read Telegraf configurations
--read-users Grant permission to read organization users
--skip-verify Skip TLS certificate verification INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t --token API token string INFLUX_TOKEN
-u --user Username string
--write-bucket Grant permission to write to specified a bucket ID stringArray
--write-buckets Grant permission to create and update all organization buckets
--write-checks Grant permission to create checks
--write-dashboards Grant permission to create and update dashboards
--write-dbrps Grant permission to create database retention policy mappings
--write-notificationEndpoints Grant permission to create notificationEndpoints
--write-notificationRules Grant permission to create notificationRules
--write-orgs Grant permission to create and update organizations
--write-tasks Grant permission to create and update tasks
--write-telegrafs Grant permission to create and update Telegraf configurations
--write-users Grant permission to create and update organization users

Examples

Authentication credentials

The examples below assume your InfluxDB host, organization, and token are provided by the active influx CLI configuration. If you do not have a CLI configuration set up, use the appropriate flags to provide these required credentials.

Create an All-Access API token

Create an All-Access token to grant permissions to all resources in an organization.

influx auth create \
  --all-access 

Create an API token with specified read and write permissions

influx auth create \
  --read-buckets \
  --read-checks \
  --read-dashboards \
  --read-dbrps \
  --read-notificationEndpoints \
  --read-notificationRules \
  --read-orgs \
  --read-tasks \
  --read-telegrafs \
  --read-users \
  --write-buckets \
  --write-checks \
  --write-dashboards \
  --write-dbrps \
  --write-notificationEndpoints \
  --write-notificationRules \
  --write-orgs \
  --write-tasks \
  --write-telegrafs \
  --write-users

Create an API token with read and write access to specific buckets

influx auth create \
  --read-bucket 0000000000000001 \
  --read-bucket 0000000000000002 \
  --write-bucket 0000000000000001 \
  --write-bucket 0000000000000002

Create a read-only API token

influx auth create \
  --read-buckets \
  --read-checks \
  --read-dashboards \
  --read-dbrps \
  --read-notificationEndpoints \
  --read-notificationRules \
  --read-orgs \
  --read-tasks \
  --read-telegrafs \
  --read-users

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