In this blog, we will cover how to create user in influxdb without operator token. This is useful when you do not have access to the initial user’s token or you are unable to create an operator token for some other reason. In addition, new user cannot be added via UI and you will have to create it using CLI. We will be using an alternate approach using initial user’s credentials to create additional users in influx db.
You can also use this method if you are encountering an error like – Error: Write:users is unauthorized
Pre-requisite
InfluxDB installed and admin user created
Influx CLI installed on computer
Create Config
To create config, run the following command:
influx config create -a --username-password ADMINUSER -n myconfig -u INFLUXDBURL
Enter Admin password at prompt
Replace the following:
ORG: Organization name for the new user
ADMINUSER: Username of the admin user
INFLUXDBURL: URL for Influx DB
Create User in InfluxDB
To create user, run the following command:
influx user create –org ORG –name USERNAME –password PASSWORD
Replace the following:
ORG: Organization name for the new user
USERNAME: Username of the new user
PASSWORD: Password for the new user
Assign All Access to New User in InfluxDB
To assign all access to new user, run the following command:
influx auth create --all-access -u USERNAME -o ORGReplace the following:
ORG: Organization name for the new userUSERNAME: Username of the new user
In conclusion, we covered how to create user in InfluxDB without operator token.
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About InfluxDB
InfluxDB, developed by InfluxData, is an open-source time-series database. Influx DB is ideal for operations monitoring, application metrics, I0T sensor data, and real-time analytics, InfluxDB excels in storing and retrieviing time-series data efficiently. InfluxDB is in RUST language.
