---
title: influx v1 auth set-active
description: >
  The `influx v1 auth set-active` command activates an authorization in the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API.
menu:
  influxdb_cloud_ref:
    name: influx v1 auth set-active
    parent: influx v1 auth
weight: 101
influxdb/cloud/tags: [authorization]
---

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#### Not supported in InfluxDB Cloud
**InfluxDB Cloud** does not support InfluxDB 1.x compatible authorizations.
Using the `influx v1 auth set-active` command with InfluxDB Cloud will result in an error.
To authenticate with InfluxDB Cloud, use [InfluxDB token authentication](/influxdb/cloud/security/tokens/).
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