influx auth active

  • influx CLI 2.0.0+
  • InfluxDB 2.0.0+

The influx auth active command activates an API token. Only active tokens authorize access to InfluxDB.

Usage

  1. influx auth active [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 active command
—hide-headersHide table headers (default false)INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
—http-debugInspect communication with InfluxDB servers.string
—hostHTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086)stringINFLUX_HOST
-i—id(Required) API token IDstring
—jsonOutput data as JSON (default false)INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
—skip-verifySkip TLS certificate verificationINFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t—tokenAPI tokenstringINFLUX_TOKEN

Example

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.

Activate an API token
  1. influx auth active --id 06c86c40a9f36000