influx user create

  • influx CLI 2.0.0+
  • InfluxDB 2.0.0+

The influx user create command creates a user in InfluxDB.

Usage

  1. influx user create [flags]

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput typeMaps to ?
-c—active-configCLI configuration to use for commandstring
—configs-pathPath to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs)stringINFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-h—helpHelp for the create command
—hide-headersHide table headers (default false)INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
—hostHTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086)stringINFLUX_HOST
—jsonOutput data as JSON (default false)INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
-n—name(Required) UsernamestringINFLUX_NAME
-o—orgOrganization name (mutually exclusive with —org-id)stringINFLUX_ORG
—org-idOrganization ID (mutually exclusive with —org)stringINFLUX_ORG_ID
-p—passwordUser passwordstring
—skip-verifySkip TLS certificate verificationINFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t—tokenAPI tokenstringINFLUX_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.

Create a user
  1. influx user create \
  2. --name example-username \
  3. --password ExAmPl3PA55W0rD