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influx user update

Works with InfluxDB OSS 2.x

The influx user update command updates users in InfluxDB OSS 2.x, but does not update users in InfluxDB Cloud. Use the InfluxDB Cloud user interface to update account information.

The influx user update command updates information related to a user in InfluxDB.

Usage

influx user update [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 update command
--hide-headers Hide table headers (default false) INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
--host HTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086) string INFLUX_HOST
-i --id (Required) User ID string
--json Output data as JSON (default false) INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
-n --name Username 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 the active influx CLI configuration. If you do not have a CLI configuration set up, use the appropriate flags to provide these required credentials.

Update a username
influx user update \
  --id 0Xx0oox00XXoxxoo1 \
  --name new-username

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